Bilateral acute visual loss from Rathke's cleft cyst apoplexy in a patient with dengue fever

Perda visual aguda secundária a apoplexia de cisto de Rathke em paciente com dengue

Hemorrhagic complications of optic pathway diseases are extremely rare causes of acute visual loss associated with dengue fever. In this paper we report a patient presenting with dengue fever and bilateral acute visual loss caused by chiasmal compression due to Rathke's cleft cyst apoplexy. Considering the importance of early diagnosis and treatment to visual recovery, apoplexy of sellar and suprasellar tumors should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with acute visual loss and dengue fever.

Visual disorders/etiology; Dengue/complications; Retinal hemorrhage; Pituitary apoplexy; Optic chiasm; Humans; Case reports