Non-organic Visual Disturbances Observed for Over A Year

Psychogenic medicine Non-organic visual loss

Visual complaints without a physical basis are not uncommon presentations to the general physician , the neurologist, or the ophthalmologist. These alleged visual disturbances may be psy-chogenic or feigned. The diagnosis is made when all possible contributory pathology of the visual system is excluded, and reassurance remains the cornerstone of management. Visual complaints without evidence of...

Visual disturbances with clomiphene.

Clomiphene is a widely prescribed drug for the treatment of infertility. Visual symptoms that occur as a side effect of this drug are uncommon. Some doctors may neglect to mention this side effect when prescribing clomiphene. Thus these visual disturbances can be very alarming to the patient and may also pose a hazard if the patient is doing activities such as driving or operating machinery. Th...

Vomiting, abdominal pain, and visual disturbances in a 31-year-old man.

Clinical reasoning: a 75-year-old woman with visual disturbances and unilateral ataxia.

Marie Carl Eugene, DO Daniel Kitei, DO David Silvers, MD SECTION 1 A 75-year-old woman presented in July 2007 with 2 months of oscillopsia when looking downward and horizontal diplopia during rapid rightward gaze. She reported 3 weeks of progressive clumsiness of the right limbs, weakness of the right leg, and an unsteady gait. She denied cognitive dysfunction, headache, bulbar or sensory sympt...

Visual disturbances in (pre)eclampsia.

UNLABELLED This review aims to summarize existing information concerning visual disturbances in (pre) eclampsia that have been described in the literature. Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Visual disturbances in (pre)eclampsia seem to be frequent phenomena. Therefore, the obstetrician/gynecologist may encounter women with serious...