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(CHEST 2002; 122:1436–1439) A 26-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with visual changes and altered mental status 36 h after the ingestion of methanol. On the evening of the ingestion, she reported blurred vision followed by the development of nausea and vomiting. On the following morning, family members noted a worsening mental status and persistent blurred vision, pr...

Transient visual loss due to cerebro-ocular vascular disease is a common symptom. The purpose of this paper is to present a unified terminology of the monocular vs. binocular or homonymous types. Lack of proper identification may lead to mis-diagnosis and improper management of these entities. Monocular blurred vision must be investigated since its origin is so commonly due to atherosclerosis o...

BACKGROUND Reduction in visual acuity combined with blurred vision is rarely the first sign of lung cancer and very few cases have been announced globally. CASE PRESENTATION A case of a 46-year-old man who admitted with blurred vision is presented. His medical history, apart from a mild gastritis under treatment was negative. Ocular examination revealed a decrease in visual acuity due to a ch...

BACKGROUND Bartonella cat scratch disease is classically a febrile illness, in conjunction with lymphadenopathy and cat exposure. OBJECTIVE To report 2 atypical cases of cat scratch disease with only blurred vision and headache. DESIGN Case reports. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Two young adults with unilateral blurred vision, retro-orbital headache, and a positive Bartonella he...

 Cystoid macular edema is rarely observed secondary to paclitaxel treatment. A 55-year-old female patient was applied five cures of paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy after being diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer. The patient had a normal bilateral vision prior to the chemotherapy treatments. After the fifth cure, the patient complained of bilateral vision loss, which was more sever...

Increased intracranial pressure (IICP) is rarely seen in association with primary spinal tumors. We describe a 58-year-old man who was diagnosed with a primary spinal cord astrocytoma, who first presented with hypesthesia, followed by intracranial hypertension, papilledema and blurred vision. On first admission, he presented with hypesthesia but without paraparesis, headache or blurred vision. ...