Transient blindness following epidural analgesia

1 November 1991

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia

Vol. 46 (11) , 940-941
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09853.x

Abstract

Summary: A 43‐year‐old woman was given an epidural injection of steroid mixed with local anaesthetic, under general anaesthesia, for treatment of low back pain. In the recovery room she complained of blindness in one eye. Fundoscopy revealed retinal and vitreous haemorrhages in both eyes. Retinal haemorrhages can be caused by an increase in intracranial pressure and are therefore a possible complication of epidural anaesthesia.

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