Four common diseases causing sudden blindness or death in the eye emergency department
| Autor: | Alexandra Papoudou-Bai, Arijit Mitra, Ana Leonor Rei da Cruz Escaleira, Konstantinos Malamos, Soon Wai Ch'ng, Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, Velota Sung, Chris Kalogeropoulos, Ioannis Asproudis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Horner Syndrome Neurology genetic structures Giant Cell Arteritis Blindness Neuro-ophthalmology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Oculomotor Nerve Diseases Humans Medicine 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Diplopia Anisocoria business.industry General Medicine Amaurosis fugax Emergency department medicine.disease eye diseases Giant cell arteritis Ischemic Attack Transient Disease Presentation 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 97:256-263 |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138163 |
| Popis: | Neuro-ophthalmological emergency disorders typically present with symptoms of visual loss, diplopia, ocular motility impairment or anisocoria. The ocular manifestations of these disorders are sometimes indicative of a more serious global neurology disease rather than an isolated ocular disease. The aim of this review is to highlight four important neuro-ophthalmological emergency disorders that must not be missed by an ophthalmologist. These include acute painful Horner’s syndrome, painful cranial nerve III palsy, giant cell arteritis and transient ischaemic attack with amaurosis fugax. The delayed diagnosis of these clinical entities puts the patient at risk of blindness or death. Therefore, prompt diagnosis and management of these conditions are essential. This can be acquired from understanding the main signs and symptoms of the disease presentation together with a high index of suspicion while working at a busy eye emergency department. |
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