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Postictal blindness

From the Division of Neurological Surgery and Division of Neurology, The Ohio State University, 410 West Tenth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, and the Department of Neurology, New York University Bellevue Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York, New York.

Transient loss of vision occasionally follows an epileptic seizure. This rare phenomenon is seen chiefly in children and may be related to the relative electrical instability of the occipital cerebral cortex. Occipital foci are more common in the juvenile electroencephalogram and, with maturity, tend to be seen more rostrally in the temporal areas. We have seen three cases of postictal blindness in children; all have cleared within 24 hours.

Dr. Kosnik's address is Division of Neurological Surgery, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43206.

Received for publication June 30, 1975.

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