Emergency surgery restores vision after brain cyst blinds Pakistani expatriate

Sharjah resident suffered deterioration of vision, leaving him unable to read or write

- BY ASHWANI KUMAR

A 30-year-old Pakistani expat living in Sharjah has regained full vision after undergoing emergency brain surgery for a rare and potentially blinding condition that caused sudden loss of sight in both eyes.

Emad Arif Khan, a real estate consultant, suffered rapid vision deterioration, leaving him unable to read, write or carry out daily activities. Doctors later discovered that his sudden blindness was caused by a rare and large arachnoid cyst in the brain that had led to dangerously high intracranial pressure, compressing the areas responsible for vision.