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Hi doctors, can you tell me what is post-traumatic transistent cortical blindness?

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Dr. Mara Fiorentino answered

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Cortical Blindness: The term refers to a lesion in the occipital cortex of the brain which causes blindness, and implies no damage to the visual apparatus. Post- traumatic means that it is due to a trauma, most likely to the head, which caused the problem. Transient means that is not permanent, and it lasts only for a short period of time.

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Answered 5/8/2016

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