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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
Reversible Cortical Blindness in Pediatric Native Valve Endocarditis.
- Archit Sahai and William A Suarez.
- From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo OH.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 1; 37 (12): e1750e1752e1750-e1752.
AbstractNative valve endocarditis, a rare phenomenon in children, can present with septic embolization and devastating consequences. We present a healthy child with bilateral cortical blindness due to native mitral valve endocarditis. After prompt medical and surgical therapy, he regained complete vision. Early surgical intervention resulted in the best outcome.Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
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