Amaurosis fugax in young people.

Amaurosis fugax in young people.

Nine young adults (median age 19.5 years) who suffered from amaurosis fugax (AF) are described. The attacks of AF were short in duration and preceded by premonitory symptoms in five cases and by a migrainous headache in two. In five patients the visual loss progressed in a lacunar pattern unlike the 'curtain' pattern characteristic of AF in older patients. Investigation revealed no evidence of ...

Amaurosis fugax in young adults.

EDITOR,-We read with interest the article by O'Sullivan et al.' The nine presented patients went through extensive investigations, including echocardiograms in all cases. Yet, no evidence of an embolic or atheromatous aetiology was found. Unfortunately, the authors failed to mention whether the echocardiography was transthoracic or transoesophageal. We had experience with a 29-year-old woman, w...

Young patient with headache and amaurosis fugax.

A 48-year-old male farmer with a past medical history of non-specific headache experienced acute onset of throbbing headache centered over his forehead. About an hour later he acutely lost sight in his right eye, lasting for ≈5 minutes. When the severe headache continued, the patient's wife called an ambulance. In the ambulance, he received fentanyl for the headache but was otherwise normal. At...

Amaurosis fugax: a clinical comparison.

Amaurosis fugax (transient monocular blindness) is a symptom of retinal ischemia just as contralateral hemiparesis and sensory loss are symptoms of cerebral ischemia. These symptoms are produced by atherosclerotic stenosis of the carotid vessels at the ipsilateral carotid bifurcation and emboli from these areas causing focal, repetitive, retinal ischemia. A study of 31 endarterectomy patients w...

The natural history of amaurosis fugax.