Transient acute cortical blindness associated with hypoglycemia

Pediatr Neurol. 1987 May-Jun;3(3):169-70. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(87)90086-5.

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy with glycogen storage disease type III developed transient acute cortical blindness associated with hypoglycemia on two separate occasions; the patient also demonstrated transient high-voltage slowing on the electroencephalogram over both occipital areas. This patient is the second examined in our pediatric department during a 5 year period with acute cortical blindness associated with hypoglycemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blindness / physiopathology*
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism
  • Child
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Evoked Potentials, Visual
  • Glycogen Storage Disease / physiopathology*
  • Glycogen Storage Disease Type VIII / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Visual Cortex / physiopathology*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose