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Transient monocular vision loss

Vision Loss

Transient monocular vision loss

Amaurosis fugax is a TIA of the eye.

  • Curtain coming down for minutes → embolic (carotid). Treat as TIA: urgent stroke work-up.
  • Seconds, positional, bilateral → papilledema (transient visual obscurations).
  • Any patient > 50 → exclude GCA.
  • Others: retinal migraine (diagnosis of exclusion), angle closure (intermittent), Uhthoff phenomenon.
NextOptic neuritis

Educational summary — follow local protocols and current guidelines.