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Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysms are considered one of the most common intracranial aneurysms, contributing to approximately 40% of the subarachnoid hemorrhages related to aneurysmal rupture. Aneurysms of the anterior circulation are commonly present with visual defects va...

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Autores principales: Al-Ageely, Teeba A., Ismail, Mustafa, Akar, Noor M., Abdalridha, Rokaya H., ALAli, Mohammed A., Obaid, Jaber H., Abdulqader, Muthanna N., Hoz, Samer S., Andaluz, Norberto
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Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9805604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36600744
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_930_2022
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author Al-Ageely, Teeba A.
Ismail, Mustafa
Akar, Noor M.
Abdalridha, Rokaya H.
ALAli, Mohammed A.
Obaid, Jaber H.
Abdulqader, Muthanna N.
Hoz, Samer S.
Andaluz, Norberto
author_facet Al-Ageely, Teeba A.
Ismail, Mustafa
Akar, Noor M.
Abdalridha, Rokaya H.
ALAli, Mohammed A.
Obaid, Jaber H.
Abdulqader, Muthanna N.
Hoz, Samer S.
Andaluz, Norberto
author_sort Al-Ageely, Teeba A.
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description BACKGROUND: Anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysms are considered one of the most common intracranial aneurysms, contributing to approximately 40% of the subarachnoid hemorrhages related to aneurysmal rupture. Aneurysms of the anterior circulation are commonly present with visual defects varying in their nature according to the aneurysmal site. However, complete bilateral vision loss associated with AcomA aneurysms is a significantly rare finding. We are reporting a case of complete bilateral blindness in a patient with a ruptured AcomA aneurysm with a literature review. METHODS: We conducted a PubMed Medline database search by the following combined formula of subjects’ headings: (((Intracranial Aneurysm [MeSH Terms]) AND (AcomA Aneurysm [Title/Abstract])) AND [(Vision loss OR Blindness [Text Word])) AND (case reports [Filter]). Additional articles were searched through the reference lists of the included articles. RESULTS: Our review yielded a total of five cases. All the present cases revealed unilateral blindness only, and their outcomes after treatment vary from recovery of vision to unchanged complete vision loss – none of the cases found in the literature presented with bilateral blindness. CONCLUSION: AcomA aneurysms can be associated with visual loss in some cases. However, usually, the defect is unilateral. Studies of the visual defects, including potential bilateral complete blindness associated with rupture inferiorly, directed AcomA aneurysm, should be highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-98056042023-01-03 Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case Al-Ageely, Teeba A. Ismail, Mustafa Akar, Noor M. Abdalridha, Rokaya H. ALAli, Mohammed A. Obaid, Jaber H. Abdulqader, Muthanna N. Hoz, Samer S. Andaluz, Norberto Surg Neurol Int Review Article BACKGROUND: Anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysms are considered one of the most common intracranial aneurysms, contributing to approximately 40% of the subarachnoid hemorrhages related to aneurysmal rupture. Aneurysms of the anterior circulation are commonly present with visual defects varying in their nature according to the aneurysmal site. However, complete bilateral vision loss associated with AcomA aneurysms is a significantly rare finding. We are reporting a case of complete bilateral blindness in a patient with a ruptured AcomA aneurysm with a literature review. METHODS: We conducted a PubMed Medline database search by the following combined formula of subjects’ headings: (((Intracranial Aneurysm [MeSH Terms]) AND (AcomA Aneurysm [Title/Abstract])) AND [(Vision loss OR Blindness [Text Word])) AND (case reports [Filter]). Additional articles were searched through the reference lists of the included articles. RESULTS: Our review yielded a total of five cases. All the present cases revealed unilateral blindness only, and their outcomes after treatment vary from recovery of vision to unchanged complete vision loss – none of the cases found in the literature presented with bilateral blindness. CONCLUSION: AcomA aneurysms can be associated with visual loss in some cases. However, usually, the defect is unilateral. Studies of the visual defects, including potential bilateral complete blindness associated with rupture inferiorly, directed AcomA aneurysm, should be highlighted. Scientific Scholar 2022-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9805604/ /pubmed/36600744 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_930_2022 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Surgical Neurology International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Al-Ageely, Teeba A.
Ismail, Mustafa
Akar, Noor M.
Abdalridha, Rokaya H.
ALAli, Mohammed A.
Obaid, Jaber H.
Abdulqader, Muthanna N.
Hoz, Samer S.
Andaluz, Norberto
Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case
title Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case
title_full Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case
title_fullStr Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case
title_full_unstemmed Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case
title_short Complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A literature review and illustrative case
title_sort complete bilateral blindness associated with ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm: a literature review and illustrative case
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9805604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36600744
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_930_2022
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