Visual field loss resulting from cervical chiropractic manipulation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
To report a complication of chiropractic cervical manipulation. Case report. A healthy 39-year-old woman developed sudden left peripheral visual field loss after chiropractic neck manipulation. Visual field testing disclosed a left superior homonymous hemianopsia. A magnetic resonance imaging scan performed the day of the event disclosed acute infarction of the ventromedial aspect of the inferior right occipital lobe. Cerebral infarct may occur as a result of chiropractic neck manipulation.
Medical subject headings
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Chiropractic
- Hemianopsia
- Manipulation, Orthopedic
- Visual Fields