Cortical Blindness in a Preeclamptic Patient After a Cesarean Delivery Complicated by Hypotension

Abstract

IMPLICATIONS: Visual strokes can occur after prolonged hypotension or as a complication of preeclampsia-eclampsia. This case describes the diagnostic dilemma posed by a patient who developed transient blindness after a hypotensive episode during cesarean delivery for severe preeclampsia-eclampsia.