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KMID : 1128320190170010016
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Electrolytes & Blood Pressure
2019 Volume.17 No. 1 p.16 ~ p.20
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Transient Blindness in a Patient with Severe Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA)
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Jeon Jae-Wan
Choi Won-Jung
Kim Hae-Ri
Ham Young-Rok
Choi Dae-Eun
Na Ki-Ryang
Lee Kang-Wook
Bae Soo-Ya
Kim Seong-Hoon
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Abstract
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A 68-year-old man presented at the emergency room with sudden blindness. The day before, he had eaten sashimi and eel and drank alcohol for dinner. He experienced nausea, vomiting, and dizziness afterward. His medical history included hypertension and diabetes, and the latter was treated with metformin. Initial laboratory tests revealed severe metabolic acidosis (lactic acidosis). Massive hydration and intravenous sodium bicarbonate replacement therapies were initiated, but severe metabolic acidosis (lactic acidosis) did not resolve, in turn, leading to hemodialysis, which decreased metabolic acidosis. The patient's blindness improved, and his vision gradually recovered. As it is not easy to distinguish between blindness related to metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA) and blindness related to other causes, rapid correction of metabolic acidosis through hemodialysis might be helpful in differentiating this from of blindness from blindness related to other causes.
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KEYWORD
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Transient blindness, Metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA), Metabolic acidosis, Hemodialysis
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