You searched for "visual loss"
Non-organic visual loss
Patients can present to eye departments with various signs and symptoms (mostly symptoms) with no obvious organic cause. These patients can be labelled with any of a wide range of diagnoses such as functional visual loss, functional overlay, psychosomatic reaction...
A case report of visual loss as a consequence of coeliac disease
1 June 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Calcification, coeliac, occipital, visual loss
The authors present a case of permanent visual loss secondary to occipital lobe calcification in coeliac disease, the first reported such case. The 58-year-old man had been diagnosed with coeliac disease 20 years prior to his visual investigations and had...
Transient visual loss caused by crowded optic discs
5 April 2022
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Young, amaurosis, crowded, female, optic disc, visual loss
The author presents four cases of transient visual loss (TVL) in young females (age range at presentation 14-22 years) with crowded optic discs. Patient demographics, investigations, medical and social histories are provided for all patients. A review of evidence for...
A novel test for unilateral functional visual loss
1 April 2017
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Bilateral concurrent eye examination, functional visual loss, head-mounted perimetry
The authors report results of three cases of functional visual loss, where regular ophthalmic testing was not sufficient to confirm the diagnosis. In these cases, bilateral concurrent eye examination was performed using a head-mounted perimeter (imo), to facilitate the diagnosis....
Strabismus surgical outcome with unilateral visual loss
The purpose of this study was to analyse the surgical outcome of strabismus surgery in patients with unilateral visual loss and horizontal strabismus. This was a retrospective review of 21 patients. Nine children were reviewed with a mean age of...
A case series of acute visual loss following excessive alcohol and / or drug use
1 August 2015
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Ophthalmoplegia, retinal artery occlusion, saturday night retinopathy
This study presents three cases of so called Saturday night retinopathy, an acute visual loss following intravenous drug abuse and stupor, leading to continuous pressure on the orbit while asleep. All three cases presented with acute vision loss and had...
Reduction of severe visual loss and complications following IAC for RB
1 October 2018
| Jonathan Chan
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This was a retrospective cohort study of patients with retinoblastoma (RB) who required intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) between 2013 and 2015, who had relapsed following systemic chemotherapy. A total of nine patients were included in the study and their ocular complications...
New study uncovers key mechanism behind a common genetic cause of age-related visual loss
19 September 2024
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
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endothelial cells, age, vision loss, research, academic, new, genetics, genome, Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy, FECD
A groundbreaking study has revealed important insights into the mechanisms behind Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a common cause of age-related visual loss, providing hope for future therapeutic developments, and finding implications for other neurological diseases. FECD is a common,...
Large-scale study uncovers demographic and sex factors behind genetic cause of age-related visual loss
A new study has identified a major genetic contributor to Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a common cause of vision loss, also highlighting the significant roles of sex and ancestry. FECD is a common, inherited eye condition that primarily affects...Patients with low vision benefit from optical sector seeing ‘beyond the eyes’
26 February 2019
Patients with low vision are benefitting from an initiative developed by Visualise Training and Consultancy and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust.
Seeing Beyond the Eyes has released its impact report which highlights a huge increase in the number of optical professionals who will now refer patients with low vision to vital support services – up from only 9% to an impressive 96%.
SS-MIOCT for suture depth
The authors describe a case in which swept-source microscope-integrated OCT (SS-MIOCT) was used to directly visualise and evaluate key suturing-related steps of strabismus surgery in real time. Using SS-MIOCT, the surgeons could visualise the precise depth of the needle through...What's trending Dec/Jan 2025
4 December 2024
| Amit Dhalla
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EYE - Cornea, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #ChrisMcCausland #KeepDancing I wrote in my last article about how overjoyed I was to hear Chris McCausland was joining the Strictly...
