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Oh, Kim, Kim, Lee, Ju, Cho, Park, Ko, Lim, Kim, Park, Yoon, and Kim: Transient Cortical Blindness: A Rare Complication of Bronchial Artery Embolization
Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2002; 53(2): 209-215.

Published online: 31 August 2002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2002.53.2.209

Transient Cortical Blindness: A Rare Complication of Bronchial Artery Embolization

In Jae Oh, M.D.1, Kyu Sik Kim, M.D.1, Soo Ok Kim, M.D.1, Yeon Kyung Lee, M.D.1, Jin Young Ju, M.D.1, Gye Jung Cho, M.D.1, Kyung Hwa Park, M.D.1, Young Choon Ko, M.D.1, Sung-Chul Lim, M.D.1, 3, Young-Chul Kim, M.D.1, 3, Kyung Ok Park, M.D.1, 3, Woong Yoon, M.D.2, 3, Jae-Kyu Kim, M.D.2, 3

1Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University, Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

2Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chonnam National University, Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.

3Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Gwangju, Korea.

Address for correspondence (kyc0923@jnu.ac.kr)

Copyright©2002. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved.

Abstract

Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is a well accepted and effective treatment for massive and recurrent hemoptysis. However, several complications of BAE have been reported.
Cortical blindness is defined as a loss of vision caused by bilateral occipital lobe lesions with normal pupillary light reflexes and a normal fundus. The reported incidence of transient cortical blindness (TCB) after cerebrovertebral angiography is approximately 1%. Two cases of TCB after BAE were found from a Medline search. Here, we report another case of TCB who was treated with BAE for a massive hemoptysis.

Keywords: Bronchial artery embolization, Transient cortical blindness

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