Paroxyzmální slepota u mladého pacienta // SOLEN

Neurológia pre prax 5/2025

Paroxysmal blindness in a young patient

Acute blindness is a severe disabling deficit. We report a case of a seventeen-year-old boy who, during a common seasonal infection, developed symptoms of complete amaurosis atypical for its paroxysmal course. The case illustrates the need for a thorough history and the irreplaceability of MRI in neurology. Hyperintense changes of the corpus callosum are a common finding on brain MRI. Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) can occur due to a variety of causes ranging from metabolic or infectious ones to trauma, malignancy to autoimmunity, vaccination and others. CLOCCs may be of a transient nature and, in our case, have a good prognosis as well.

Keywords: corpus callosum, blindness, influenza