Purpose: To report a complication of chiropractic cervical manipulation.
Method: Case report. A healthy 39-year-old woman developed sudden left peripheral visual field loss after chiropractic neck manipulation.
Results: 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.
Conclusion: Cerebral infarct may occur as a result of chiropractic neck manipulation.