Transient blindness following intracranial pressure changes in a hydrocephalic child with a V-P shunt

Childs Nerv Syst. 1987;3(6):379-81. doi: 10.1007/BF00270713.

Abstract

A hydrocephalic child with a V-P shunt developed transient blindness following shunt revision. A year later, visual function deteriorated when shunt malfunction occurred. Following shunt revision, the child regained sight. The effects of intracranial hypertension and hypotension on the visual pathways are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Blindness / physiopathology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electroretinography
  • Equipment Failure
  • Evoked Potentials, Visual
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / physiopathology
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery*
  • Intracranial Pressure*
  • Male
  • Reoperation
  • Time Factors