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KMID : 1155520170120020111
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Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2017 Volume.12 No. 2 p.111 ~ p.116
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Transient visual loss after lung surgery in a healthy patient: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome -A case report-
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Kang Tae-Hoon
Na Sang-Jun
Sung Tae-Yun
Cho Choon-Kyu
Kwon Hee-Uk
Kang Po-Soon
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Abstract
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Postoperative visual loss is a rare complication of general anesthesia in patients undergoing lung surgery. If the visual complication is permanent, it can greatly affect the patient’s quality of life. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) leads to visual disturbances and may be associated with hypertension, renal disease, eclampsia, and chemotherapy. Although PRES is usually reversible, delayed diagnosis and treatment can result in permanent damage. We herein report a case of PRES in a patient with no medical history. The patient’s symptoms included somnolence, visual loss, and headache. He was treated with conservative therapy, and his vision abruptly recovered three days after surgery. He was discharged from the hospital without neurologic complications 13 days after surgery.
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KEYWORD
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Blindness, Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome
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