An unusual cause of blindness: infarction in the bilateral lateral geniculate bodies.

J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis

Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address:

Published: July 2014

A 10-year-old girl presented with acute blindness after a severe episode of febrile diarrhea. Magnetic resonance images were consistent with the diagnosis of infarction in the bilateral lateral geniculate bodies.

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