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Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum
BACKGROUND: The corpus callosum is the most important pathway enabling the exchange of information between the two cerebral hemispheres. Transient splenium lesions may develop in association with various pathologies and infections. We report a case presenting to the emergency department with transie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107932/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30191195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.12.004 |
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author | Gunaydin, Mucahit Ozsahin, Faruk |
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description | BACKGROUND: The corpus callosum is the most important pathway enabling the exchange of information between the two cerebral hemispheres. Transient splenium lesions may develop in association with various pathologies and infections. We report a case presenting to the emergency department with transient visual loss and in which a transient lesion was determined in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC). CASE REPORT: A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department due to sudden onset visual loss. An area of restricted diffusion was determined in the SCC at diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. The patient was admitted to the ward with a diagnosis of SCC lesion. The lesion had resolved entirely at control MRI performed 2 weeks later. CONCLUSION: There may be many causes of transient SCC lesions, and patients may present with different clinical manifestations, particularly altered consciousness and rarely visual loss like our present case. |
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spelling | pubmed-61079322018-09-06 Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum Gunaydin, Mucahit Ozsahin, Faruk Turk J Emerg Med Case Report BACKGROUND: The corpus callosum is the most important pathway enabling the exchange of information between the two cerebral hemispheres. Transient splenium lesions may develop in association with various pathologies and infections. We report a case presenting to the emergency department with transient visual loss and in which a transient lesion was determined in the splenium of the corpus callosum (SCC). CASE REPORT: A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department due to sudden onset visual loss. An area of restricted diffusion was determined in the SCC at diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. The patient was admitted to the ward with a diagnosis of SCC lesion. The lesion had resolved entirely at control MRI performed 2 weeks later. CONCLUSION: There may be many causes of transient SCC lesions, and patients may present with different clinical manifestations, particularly altered consciousness and rarely visual loss like our present case. Elsevier 2017-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6107932/ /pubmed/30191195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.12.004 Text en © 2017 The Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Owner. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gunaydin, Mucahit Ozsahin, Faruk Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
title | Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
title_full | Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
title_fullStr | Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
title_full_unstemmed | Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
title_short | Transient visual loss: Transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
title_sort | transient visual loss: transient lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107932/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30191195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2017.12.004 |
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