Woman presents with transient visual obscurations

A 32-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension and obesity and an ocular history of myopia presented to the comprehensive ophthalmology clinic for recurrent, transient bilateral vision loss over a 4-month period. The vision loss was occurring four to five times per day and lasting 2 to 3 minutes with complete spontaneous resolution. The visual symptoms were associated with postural changes and headaches.On initial examination, best corrected visual acuity was 20/25- in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. Color vision was intact bilaterally. Confrontational visual fields (Read more...)

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