1. [Gaze-evoked amaurosis fugax].
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Berglöff J, Mattes D, Brix-Grünwald G, Gröll R, and Weger M
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- Adult, Amaurosis Fugax diagnosis, Amaurosis Fugax physiopathology, Diagnosis, Differential, Evoked Potentials, Visual physiology, Fluorescein Angiography, Hemangioma, Cavernous physiopathology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Compression Syndromes complications, Nerve Compression Syndromes physiopathology, Optic Nerve physiopathology, Orbit pathology, Orbital Neoplasms physiopathology, Amaurosis Fugax etiology, Eye Movements physiology, Hemangioma, Cavernous diagnosis, Nerve Compression Syndromes diagnosis, Orbital Neoplasms diagnosis
- Abstract
Gaze-evoked amaurosis is a quite unique symptom. We present a 37-year-old patient with unilateral gaze-evoked amaurosis caused by an orbital tumor. Possible mechanisms include transient ischemia of the optic nerve and the retina or inhibition of the axonal impulses. While not common as a cause of amaurosis fugax, an orbital mass should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gaze-evoked atypical monocular amaurosis fugax.
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- 2006
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