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Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report

In amaurosis fugax, there is a sudden loss of vision in one eye. Patients gain their vision after a few minutes. The most common underlying cause is atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery. Other underlying causes include vasospasm of the internal carotid artery, which leads to hypoperfusion ...

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Autores principales: Tazin, Faria, Kumar, Harendra, Israr, Muhammad A, Go, Camille Celeste
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36158378
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28272
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description In amaurosis fugax, there is a sudden loss of vision in one eye. Patients gain their vision after a few minutes. The most common underlying cause is atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery. Other underlying causes include vasospasm of the internal carotid artery, which leads to hypoperfusion and is seen in vasculitis, ocular migraines, and systemic lupus erythematosus. In this case study, a 44-year-old male with a past medical history of migraine with aura presented to the emergency room with transient vision loss in the left eye, which lasted for two minutes. A computed tomography scan of the brain was negative for stroke. The patient was treated with intravenous fluid, aspirin, and enoxaparin sodium and instructed to follow up with neurology. A medical emergency such as amaurosis fugax caused by ocular migraine must be managed aggressively, and prompt imaging is necessary to exclude other causes.
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spelling pubmed-94989512022-09-24 Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report Tazin, Faria Kumar, Harendra Israr, Muhammad A Go, Camille Celeste Cureus Family/General Practice In amaurosis fugax, there is a sudden loss of vision in one eye. Patients gain their vision after a few minutes. The most common underlying cause is atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery. Other underlying causes include vasospasm of the internal carotid artery, which leads to hypoperfusion and is seen in vasculitis, ocular migraines, and systemic lupus erythematosus. In this case study, a 44-year-old male with a past medical history of migraine with aura presented to the emergency room with transient vision loss in the left eye, which lasted for two minutes. A computed tomography scan of the brain was negative for stroke. The patient was treated with intravenous fluid, aspirin, and enoxaparin sodium and instructed to follow up with neurology. A medical emergency such as amaurosis fugax caused by ocular migraine must be managed aggressively, and prompt imaging is necessary to exclude other causes. Cureus 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9498951/ /pubmed/36158378 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28272 Text en Copyright © 2022, Tazin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report
title_fullStr Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report
title_short Ocular Migraine With Amaurosis Fugax of the Left Eye: A Case Report
title_sort ocular migraine with amaurosis fugax of the left eye: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9498951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36158378
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28272
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