Transient blindness due to mild reversible encephalopathy in a 7-year-old boy.

Mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a rare phenomenon, which shows transient lesion in corpus callosum and causes temporary encephalopathy features. A disturbance of consciousness and abnormal and delirious behavior are the most significant neurological symptoms. A seven-year-old child with a history of fever and cough was admitted to our hospital due to sudden bilateral blindness.