Question: What are 5 categories of symptoms that help differentiate the 3 most common causes of binocular transient vision loss (migraine visual aura, occipital transient ischemic attacks, and occipital seizures)?

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Questions:
1. What should be done immediately when a patient presents with a recent vascular TMVL?
2. What should be done emergently in the presence of an acute central retinal artery or branch retinal artery occlusion?
3. What is the chance and timeline of stroke after TMVL in the presence of ipsilateral atheromatous internal carotid stenosis ≥50%?
4. What is the yearly risk of vascular death (myocardial infarction) in patients with TMVL and atheromatous disease?

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Neuro-ophthalmology Question of the Week: Transient Monocular Vision Loss Categories

Question: What are the three main categories of transient monocular vision loss?
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Questions:
1. What is the preferred term for abrupt and temporary visual loss in one eye?
2. What is the most common cause of transient monocular vision loss?
3. What is amaurosis fugax?

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