Evaluation of Monocular Transient Visual Loss
Abbreviations:
TVL, transient visual loss.
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| | | | | | Does Monocular TVL Occur Only in Certain Positions of Gaze (Gaze-Evoked TVL)? | | | | | | | |
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Structural lesion of orbit | | | No structural lesion of orbit | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | Duration of TVL? | |
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Causes of Transient Visual Loss Based on the Duration
| TVL lasts seconds
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TVL lasts minutes
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TVL lasts hours
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- Papilledema
- Optic neuropathy
- Congenital disc anomaly
- Thromboembolism (rare)
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- Migraine
- Giant cell arteritis
- Thromboembolism
- Hypercoagulable state
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- Spontaneous hyphema
- Intermittent angle closure glaucoma
- Morning glory syndrome
- Peripapillary staphyloma
- Carotid artery dissection
- Venous stasis retinopathy
- Post-scleral buckle
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- Spontaneous hyphema
- Thromboembolism
- Carotid stenosis
- Migraine
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