TY - JOUR
T1 - Central retinal vein occlusion in a migraine patient
AU - Benninger, Felix
AU - Saban, Tal
AU - Steiner, Israel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - We describe a 31-year-old woman with a history of migraines without aura, who presented to our emergency department due to a monocular visual disturbance. This was misdiagnosed as being related to her migraine, however, it was subsequently found to be caused by a central retinal vein occlusion. Patients suffering from migraine can experience visual disturbances in the form of auras. The neuropathological basis for this phenomenon is thought to be a spreading depression in the visual cortex, causing a hemifield active visual phenomenon. Missing the diagnosis of central retinal vein occlusion is common, especially in the setting of an initially normal fundoscopy examination.
AB - We describe a 31-year-old woman with a history of migraines without aura, who presented to our emergency department due to a monocular visual disturbance. This was misdiagnosed as being related to her migraine, however, it was subsequently found to be caused by a central retinal vein occlusion. Patients suffering from migraine can experience visual disturbances in the form of auras. The neuropathological basis for this phenomenon is thought to be a spreading depression in the visual cortex, causing a hemifield active visual phenomenon. Missing the diagnosis of central retinal vein occlusion is common, especially in the setting of an initially normal fundoscopy examination.
KW - Aura
KW - Central retinal vein occlusion
KW - Migraine
KW - Misdiagnosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.03.057
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.03.057
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C2 - 26115899
AN - SCOPUS:84944173813
SN - 0967-5868
VL - 22
SP - 1833
EP - 1834
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
IS - 11
ER -