TRANSIENT CORTICAL BLINDNESS IN AN INFANT EXPOSED TO METHAMPHETAMINE

Authors
GOSPE SM
Citation
Sm. Gospe, TRANSIENT CORTICAL BLINDNESS IN AN INFANT EXPOSED TO METHAMPHETAMINE, Annals of emergency medicine, 26(3), 1995, pp. 380-382
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
380 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1995)26:3<380:TCBIAI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
An 11-month-old boy was brought to the pediatric emergency department for evaluation of acute onset of irritability and involuntary side-to- side turning of the head. Neurologic examination revealed cortical bli ndness, Toxicologic studies of blood and urine were positive for metha mphetamine, The infant's vision and activity returned to normal within 12 hours, The possible mechanisms of this unusual form of amphetamine toxicity are discussed.