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Transient blindness

MedGen UID:
102323
•Concept ID:
C0155003
•
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Blindness, Transient; Transient Blindness
SNOMED CT: Transient blindness (83785004); Transient visual loss (36994005)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Analysis of the role of intratecal liposomal cytarabine in the prophylaxis and treatment of central nervous system lymphomatosis: The Balearic Lymphoma Group experience.
García-Recio M, Cladera A, Bento L, Dominguez J, Ruiz de Gracia S, Sartori F, Del Campo R, García L, Ballester C, Gines J, Bargay J, Sampol A, Gutiérrez A
PLoS One 2017;12(6):e0179595. Epub 2017 Jun 30 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179595. PMID: 28665999Free PMC Article
Sporadic and familial hemiplegic migraine: pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and management.
Russell MB, Ducros A
Lancet Neurol 2011 May;10(5):457-70. Epub 2011 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70048-5. PMID: 21458376

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ondansetron induced blindness: a pharmacovigilance database study.
Barus R, Potey C, Gautier S, Wabont G
Expert Opin Drug Saf 2024 Aug;23(8):1017-1020. Epub 2023 Oct 24 doi: 10.1080/14740338.2023.2273334. PMID: 37852931
Internal carotid and vertebral artery dissections - a comparison of clinical, radiological and prognostic characteristics.
Kos J, Kos M, Jaworski J, Petit V, Wojtal K, Rejdak K
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2021;55(1):52-58. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.5603/PJNNS.a2020.0078. PMID: 33047785
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion in children.
Yıldız AE, Maraş Genç H, Gürkaş E, Akmaz Ünlü H, Öncel İH, Güven A
Diagn Interv Radiol 2018 Mar-Apr;24(2):108-112. doi: 10.5152/dir.2018.17319. PMID: 29757148Free PMC Article
Fludarabine treatment of cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis.
Rosenstock JL, Stern L, Sherman WH, Appel GB, Radhakrishnan J
Am J Kidney Dis 2002 Sep;40(3):644-8. doi: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.34928. PMID: 12200818
Acute rheumatologic disorders in the elderly.
Bomalaski JS
Emerg Med Clin North Am 1990 May;8(2):341-59. PMID: 2187687

Diagnosis

Transient blindness associated with mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS): a case report and review of literature.
Tuscano A, Zoppo M, Canavese C, Cogoni M, Scolfaro C
Ital J Pediatr 2020 Oct 12;46(1):152. doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00918-0. PMID: 33046117Free PMC Article
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion in children.
Yıldız AE, Maraş Genç H, Gürkaş E, Akmaz Ünlü H, Öncel İH, Güven A
Diagn Interv Radiol 2018 Mar-Apr;24(2):108-112. doi: 10.5152/dir.2018.17319. PMID: 29757148Free PMC Article
Pediatric cerebral ganglioneuroblastoma.
Steenberge SP, Prayson RA
J Clin Neurosci 2014 Nov;21(11):2023-5. Epub 2014 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.07.007. PMID: 25216629
Sporadic and familial hemiplegic migraine: pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and management.
Russell MB, Ducros A
Lancet Neurol 2011 May;10(5):457-70. Epub 2011 Mar 30 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70048-5. PMID: 21458376
'Breaking' position-invariant object recognition.
Cox DD, Meier P, Oertelt N, DiCarlo JJ
Nat Neurosci 2005 Sep;8(9):1145-7. Epub 2005 Aug 7 doi: 10.1038/nn1519. PMID: 16116453

Therapy

Ondansetron induced blindness: a pharmacovigilance database study.
Barus R, Potey C, Gautier S, Wabont G
Expert Opin Drug Saf 2024 Aug;23(8):1017-1020. Epub 2023 Oct 24 doi: 10.1080/14740338.2023.2273334. PMID: 37852931
Case Report: Transient cortical blindness following coronary angiography.
Oktaviono YH, Kawilarang MV, Kawilarang M, Gunadi RI, Philothra PT, Al Farabi MJ
F1000Res 2021;10:439. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.50821.2. PMID: 36091968Free PMC Article
Pediatric cerebral ganglioneuroblastoma.
Steenberge SP, Prayson RA
J Clin Neurosci 2014 Nov;21(11):2023-5. Epub 2014 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.07.007. PMID: 25216629
Amaurosis, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, mydriasis and periorbital blanching following inferior alveolar nerve anaesthesia.
Williams JV, Williams LR, Colbert SD, Revington PJ
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011 Mar;15(1):67-70. Epub 2010 Jun 25 doi: 10.1007/s10006-010-0238-5. PMID: 20577772
Vincristine induced neurotoxicity in cancer patients.
Gomber S, Dewan P, Chhonker D
Indian J Pediatr 2010 Jan;77(1):97-100. doi: 10.1007/s12098-009-0254-3. PMID: 19936661

Prognosis

Internal carotid and vertebral artery dissections - a comparison of clinical, radiological and prognostic characteristics.
Kos J, Kos M, Jaworski J, Petit V, Wojtal K, Rejdak K
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2021;55(1):52-58. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.5603/PJNNS.a2020.0078. PMID: 33047785
Transient blindness associated with mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS): a case report and review of literature.
Tuscano A, Zoppo M, Canavese C, Cogoni M, Scolfaro C
Ital J Pediatr 2020 Oct 12;46(1):152. doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00918-0. PMID: 33046117Free PMC Article
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion in children.
Yıldız AE, Maraş Genç H, Gürkaş E, Akmaz Ünlü H, Öncel İH, Güven A
Diagn Interv Radiol 2018 Mar-Apr;24(2):108-112. doi: 10.5152/dir.2018.17319. PMID: 29757148Free PMC Article
'Breaking' position-invariant object recognition.
Cox DD, Meier P, Oertelt N, DiCarlo JJ
Nat Neurosci 2005 Sep;8(9):1145-7. Epub 2005 Aug 7 doi: 10.1038/nn1519. PMID: 16116453
Fludarabine treatment of cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis.
Rosenstock JL, Stern L, Sherman WH, Appel GB, Radhakrishnan J
Am J Kidney Dis 2002 Sep;40(3):644-8. doi: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.34928. PMID: 12200818

Clinical prediction guides

Internal carotid and vertebral artery dissections - a comparison of clinical, radiological and prognostic characteristics.
Kos J, Kos M, Jaworski J, Petit V, Wojtal K, Rejdak K
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2021;55(1):52-58. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.5603/PJNNS.a2020.0078. PMID: 33047785
Clinical remarks on acute post-traumatic atlanto-axial rotatory subluxation in pediatric-aged patients.
Missori P, Marruzzo D, Peschillo S, Domenicucci M
World Neurosurg 2014 Nov;82(5):e645-8. Epub 2014 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.07.020. PMID: 25084168
Amaurosis, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, mydriasis and periorbital blanching following inferior alveolar nerve anaesthesia.
Williams JV, Williams LR, Colbert SD, Revington PJ
Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011 Mar;15(1):67-70. Epub 2010 Jun 25 doi: 10.1007/s10006-010-0238-5. PMID: 20577772
'Breaking' position-invariant object recognition.
Cox DD, Meier P, Oertelt N, DiCarlo JJ
Nat Neurosci 2005 Sep;8(9):1145-7. Epub 2005 Aug 7 doi: 10.1038/nn1519. PMID: 16116453
Pituitary hemorrhage in hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Nagai T, Hasegawa O, Tuji A, Kamiyama Y, Honda M, Ito H
Pediatr Neurol 1992 Jan-Feb;8(1):75-6. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(92)90059-8. PMID: 1558580

Recent systematic reviews

Concomitant Calcium Channelopathies Involving CACNA1A and CACNA1F: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Schaare D, Sarasua SM, Lusk L, Parthasarathy S, Wang L, Helbig I, Boccuto L
Genes (Basel) 2023 Feb 3;14(2) doi: 10.3390/genes14020400. PMID: 36833327Free PMC Article

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