Acute neurological visual loss in young adults: Causes, diagnosis and management

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dc.contributor.authorSawaya, Raja A.
dc.contributor.authorEl-Ayoubi, Nabil K.
dc.contributor.authorHamam, Rola N.
dc.contributor.departmentNeurology
dc.contributor.departmentOphthalmology
dc.contributor.facultyFaculty of Medicine (FM)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T12:07:28Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T12:07:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractVisual loss in the young adult can be caused by demyelinating diseases, inflammatory and autoimmune processes, infections, ischaemic events, and compressive lesions of the optic nerve. Diagnosis of the aetiologies of visual loss is reached by combining data from radiological studies, electrophysiological tests, and blood and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Treatment is primarily aimed at decreasing the insult on the optic nerve and eventually controlling the primary disorder. The literature discusses separately the different aetiologies of visual loss. We present a review of the clinical characteristics of visual loss in the young adult, the different diagnostic measures, and the latest therapeutic strategies. The aim of this work is to summarise this entity in a practical way to guide clinicians in the diagnosis and management of this disorder. © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-133071
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-84948379879
dc.identifier.pmid26504248
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/31523
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group
dc.relation.ispartofPostgraduate Medical Journal
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAcute disease
dc.subjectBlindness
dc.subjectDemyelinating diseases
dc.subjectDiagnostic techniques, ophthalmological
dc.subjectEmergency medicine
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectOptic nerve
dc.subjectOptic neuritis
dc.subjectPractice guidelines as topic
dc.subjectYoung adult
dc.subjectAquaporin 4 antibody
dc.subjectAzathioprine
dc.subjectBeta1a interferon
dc.subjectC reactive protein
dc.subjectCardiolipin antibody
dc.subjectDipeptidyl carboxypeptidase
dc.subjectFingolimod
dc.subjectFolic acid
dc.subjectGlatiramer
dc.subjectImmunoglobulin
dc.subjectImmunoglobulin g
dc.subjectInterferon beta serine
dc.subjectMethotrexate
dc.subjectMethylprednisolone
dc.subjectMitochondrial dna
dc.subjectMycophenolate mofetil
dc.subjectNatalizumab
dc.subjectOligoclonal band
dc.subjectRituximab
dc.subjectAcute disseminated encephalomyelitis
dc.subjectBabinski reflex
dc.subjectBlood analysis
dc.subjectBrain ischemia
dc.subjectCerebrospinal fluid
dc.subjectCerebrospinal fluid analysis
dc.subjectConnective tissue disease
dc.subjectDemyelinating disease
dc.subjectElectrophysiological procedures
dc.subjectErythrocyte sedimentation rate
dc.subjectEvoked brain stem auditory response
dc.subjectEvoked visual response
dc.subjectHuman
dc.subjectImpotence
dc.subjectMultiple sclerosis
dc.subjectMyelooptic neuropathy
dc.subjectNuclear magnetic resonance imaging
dc.subjectOptic nerve lesion
dc.subjectOptical coherence tomography
dc.subjectPlasmapheresis
dc.subjectProtein cerebrospinal fluid level
dc.subjectProtein electrophoresis
dc.subjectRetina inner plexiform layer
dc.subjectReview
dc.subjectSarcoidosis
dc.subjectSpastic paraplegia
dc.subjectSpinal cord disease
dc.subjectVater papilla stenosis
dc.subjectVisual impairment
dc.subjectComplication
dc.subjectPathology
dc.subjectPathophysiology
dc.subjectPractice guideline
dc.subjectVisual system examination
dc.titleAcute neurological visual loss in young adults: Causes, diagnosis and management
dc.typeReview

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