Visual Symptoms: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Visual Symptoms

The basilar-type aura had a median duration of 60 minutes and comprised vertigo 61%, dysarthria 53%, tinnitus 45%, diplopia 45%, bilateral visual symptoms 40%, bilateral paresthesias [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The basilar-type aura comprised diplopia 52%, vertigo 43%, tinnitus 43%, bilateral visual symptoms 39%, hypacusia 26%, ataxia 26%, dysarthria 22%, bilateral paresthesias 13% [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient must demonstrate two or more aura symptoms of the following types: A. Visual symptoms in both the temporal and nasal fields or both eyes B. Dysarthria C. [dynamicchiropractic.com]

Classic Migraine

(numbness/tingling on the same side of the body) and/or visual symptoms (blurriness/loss of vision on one side). [headaches.org]

symptoms such as seeing flickering lights and spots or loss of vision Reversible sensory symptoms such as tingling or numbness Reversible speech difficulties Fever Symptoms [diamondheadache.com]

Diagnostic criteria: At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B and C Aura consisting of fully reversible motor weakness and at least one of the following: fully reversible visual [ihs-klassifikation.de]

Ocular Migraine

Friedman, MD, MPH About 25-30% of migraine sufferers have visual aura symptoms. [achenet.org]

Keep in mind that many migraines are accompanied by migraine aura, which also causes visual symptoms. [migraine.com]

Extracranial Giant Cell Arteritis

Any transient visual symptoms are harbingers of permanent visual loss. About 20% of patients with visual loss due to GCA have no non-visual symptoms (' occult GCA '). [themdu.com]

[…] or tongue claudication, or visual symptoms). [patient.info]

Visual symptoms are less common at initial presentation, but are of critical importance. [bpac.org.nz]

Migraine Equivalent

(2); visual symptoms, paresthesias, and speech disturbances (3); visual symptoms, paresthesias, speech disturbances, and weakness (20); visual and brainstem symptoms (3); [medlink.com]

It is easier to diagnose if these symptoms had previously accompanied attacks associated with headaches, but often the elderly develop the visual symptoms for the first time [headaches.org]

[…] patients who had only ordinary scintillating scotoma) (25); visual symptoms and paresthesias (18); visual symptoms and speech disturbances (7); visual and brainstem symptoms [medlink.com]

Pituicytoma

Six men and three women, age 30 to 83 years (mean, 48 years), presented with visual symptoms, headache, or hypopituitarism. [jhu.pure.elsevier.com]

Patients often present with visual symptoms or anterior pituitary dysfunction. Symptoms and signs of neurohypophysis are rare. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Two cases of cerebellar tonsilar herniation due to shunt complications in idiopathic intracranial hypertension are reported in which both patients presented with visual symptoms [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The most common symptoms are diffuse headaches, although various visual symptoms and pulsatile tinnitus are also common. [amboss.com]

Patients presenting with visual symptoms had lower success rates, and this population, if stented, should be carefully followed for progression of symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Papilledema

Visual symptoms frequently accompany papilledema, which can lead to permanent visual loss if left untreated. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This review will review the following clinical features: (1) the character of headaches associated with increased intracranial pressure; (2) the visual symptoms associated [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

What visual symptoms may patients with papilledema report? [neuro-ophthalmology.stanford.edu]

Migrainous Stroke

Patients with migraine can get visual symptoms, sensory symptoms like numbness and tingling, speech symptoms and even weakness. These can also be stroke symptoms. [premierhealth.com]

visual symptoms in her right visual field. [jpgmonline.com]

Visual symptoms don't last long. [mayoclinic.org]

Pituitary Apoplexy

[…] such as severe headache or visual symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSION: In pituitary apoplexy patients managed conservatively or surgically, there is good recovery of visual symptoms but not endocrine function. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ophthalmoplegia improved/normalized in 71% and visual symptoms in 85.5% of the patients, with better results achieved in ischemic forms (P = 0.043). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Posterior Cortical Atrophy

The presence of visual cortical symptoms, neuroimaging findings and clinical evolution led to the diagnosis 1-5 years after the onset of visual symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

These visual symptoms are set in the context of a 4-year longitudinal neuropsychological and neuroimaging investigation of CRO's visual and other cognitive skills. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diagnosis is particularly challenging in the earliest stages of the disease since visual symptoms are often mistaken as being related to ocular rather than cortical dysfunction [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Temporal Arteritis

Blindness may or may not be preceded by visual symptoms and funduscopic changes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Classic symptoms include polymyalgia rheumatica, new-onset headache, jaw claudication, and visual symptoms such as diplopia and amaurosis fugax. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] or tongue claudication, or visual symptoms). [patient.info]

Giant Cell Aortic Arteritis

[…] or tongue claudication, or visual symptoms). [patient.info]

Visual symptoms are less common at initial presentation, but are of critical importance. [bpac.org.nz]

Visual symptoms due to an ischemic optic neuropathy occur in 20-30% of patients, and can rapidly lead to irreversible monocular blindness. [orpha.net]

Sellar Tumor with Suprasellar Extension

Visual symptoms include reduced visual acuity, optic atrophy, visual field defects, or hemianopias. [skullbaseinstitute.com]

In the absence of endocrine symptoms, visual loss is the usual initial manifestation. [patient.info]

Pituitary hyperplasia in growing age can rarely become symptomatic with headaches and/or visual symptoms. [pediatricneurosciences.com]

Asthenopia

Greater cognitive loads accentuate the same differentiated symptoms normally caused by visual stressors. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Some validated visual symptom questionnaires were adapted for data collection. [scielo.br]

[…] of clear and unclear vision were statistically reliably greater than in people without symptoms of visual strain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Juvenile Temporal Arteritis

The most common symptoms in relapse were headache and polymyalgia rheumatic, and three patients (7%) developed new visual symptoms. [healio.com]

GCA can cause severe headaches, jaw pain and visual symptoms and if left untreated, can lead to blindness, aortic aneurysm or stroke. [centerwatch.com]

[…] of giant cell arterita Localised headache, scalp tenderness, facial pain, visual symptoms (double vision, loss of vision) What are the investigations done for giant cell [brainscape.com]

Retrobulbar Neuritis

The onset of visual symptoms can occur within a period of 10 days to 90 days after initiation of therapy [7] [8] [9]. [ijcasereportsandimages.com]

symptoms. [britannica.com]

Persistent visual loss Afferent pupillary defect Color perception- red appears washed out Heat exacerbated visual symptoms (eg, exercise, hot shower) Optic atrophy Delayed [fprmed.com]

Intracranial Hypertension

[…] optic fundi, even in patients with no visual symptoms. [merckmanuals.com]

Recurrence of headaches or development of visual symptoms following apparent recovery from HANDL should prompt urgent re-evaluation for elevated intracranial pressure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Auras are visual manifestations of neurological symptoms. [livestrong.com]

Optic Neuropathy

The visual symptoms gradually worsened throughout the following 5 months, and the patient was hospitalised in the department of ophthalmology. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

For many people, the first inkling they have multiple sclerosis is visual. In fact, for up to half of MS patients, a visual problem is the first symptom. [umms.org]

Pituitary Cyst

The secretion of BNP normalized postoperatively, and the hyponatremia and visual symptoms resolved. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RCCs may also present with visual disturbances, symptoms of pituitary dysfunction, and headaches. RCCs are diagnosed with MRI or CT scans of the brain or pituitary. [pituitary.org]

Visual symptoms include reduced visual acuity, optic atrophy, visual field defects, or hemianopias. [skullbaseinstitute.com]

Toxic Retinopathy

If a patient on tamoxifen presents with visual symptoms then ophalmological evaluation has to be done. [cancerjournal.net]

On the other hand, true retinopathy occurs when a patient does have visual symptoms, diminished visual acuity, reduced visual fields with both white and red test objects, [eyewiki.aao.org]

Ascertaining whether the onset of the visual symptoms was during or very shortly after exposure to a particular toxin is important. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Gonadotropic Pituitary Adenoma

The patient had a favorable clinical evolution, headaches and visual symptoms improving after surgery. Postoperatory, the patient presented polyuro–polydipsic syndrome. [endocrine-abstracts.org]

Patients with prolactinomas, including those with visual symptoms from the tumour, are usually treated with dopamine agonist drugs such as bromocriptine and cabergoline. [britannica.com]

Has the patient noticed any visual symptoms? Loss of acuity or failing vision at night are worrying features suggesting optic nerve involvement. [endobible.com]

Rheumatoid Arteritis

[…] claudication Visual symptoms (amaurosis fugax, blurring and diplopia). [icid.salisbury.nhs.uk]

Visual symptoms due to an ischemic optic neuropathy occur in 20-30% of patients, and can rapidly lead to irreversible monocular blindness. [orpha.net]

Other visual symptoms may include amaurosis fugax, diplopia and partial loss of vision. [aafp.org]

Optic Neuritis

We evaluated patients' age, sex, color vision, visual acuity (VA), optic nerve findings on MRI, elapsed period from onset of visual symptoms to steroid treatment, visual field [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There was a temporal relationship between cessation of the medication and improvement in visual symptoms. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Once swelling has been relieved, visual symptoms usually subside as well and most patients are able to regain their vision within six months. [brandywineeye.com]

Optic Nerve Glioma

If no visual symptoms wait 6 months and then in 6 months only treat if there are symptoms (visual loss, eye pain), otherwise do not treat. [en.wikipedia.org]

Management can involve: Observation alone : Not all patients with identifiable optic pathway gliomas on imaging ever have visual symptoms (especially if the patient has NF [pedsoncologyeducation.com]

Not all patients with identifiable optic pathway gliomas on imaging ever have visual symptoms (especially if the patient has NF-1). [braintumour.ca]

Olfactory Groove Meningioma

Notes EDITOR’S KEY POINTS Symptoms and signs of cognitive impairment and behaviour changes are suggestive of a frontal lobe lesion; this together with visual symptoms and [cfp.ca]

Less frequently, visual symptoms may be due to an intraorbital invasion of the tumor. [clinicalgate.com]

Visual symptoms occur usually after an olfactory groove meningioma has reached a considerable size but can depend on their exact origin. [operativeneurosurgery.com]

Disorders of Visual Cortex

Symptoms The most common CVI symptoms presenting to the ophthalmic clinician are: Abnormal light response - light gazing OR photophobia Blunted or avoidant social gaze Brief [childrenshospital.org]

Presence of at least two additional visual symptoms of the four following categories: i. Palinopsia. [rarediseases.org]

High refractive error corrected by glasses may improve some visual behaviors and should be tried if present. [childrenshospital.org]

Optic Nerve Infarction

We could elicit no prior history of neurologic or visual symptoms or ocular disease. On admission, his blood pressure was 90/60 mm Hg. [ijo.in]

A very important visual symptom in an arteritic AION is a transient blurring or loss of vision that precedes the permanent vision loss. [lowvision.org]

Visual acuity improved to 6/18 in both eyes. [aop.org.uk]

Suprasellar Tumor

Pituitary dysfunction occurs to a variable degree, while the occurrence of visual symptoms and apoplexy is uncommon. [neurologyindia.com]

The effects of age, preoperative visual loss, duration of visual symptoms and tumor size on visual outcome were analyzed. Results. [go.gale.com]

Visual symptoms have not expected in these tumors, however, in our patient there was a visual symptom because of a compression of the optic chiasm. [intjcancermanag.com]

Secondary Optic Atrophy

Clinical Characteristics Ocular Features: Visual symptoms have an insidious onset in childhood with vision loss and progressive external ophthalmoplegia. [disorders.eyes.arizona.edu]

He denied other neurological or systemic symptoms. On examination visual acuity was 6/6 in both eyes with an enlarged blind spot in the left eye. [ispub.com]

The effects range from visual change to severe visual loss. [umkelloggeye.org]