Transient Vision Loss / Vascular Disease

 

Objectives: Upon completion of this conference the resident/student should be able to

  • Describe the approach to the diagnosis of the patient with transient visual loss
  • List the five key questions to ask in the work up of TVL
  • List the differential diagnosis for monocular TVL
  • Describe the workup, prognosis and treatment for embolic causes of TVL
  • List the differential diagnosis for binocular TVL

Assignment: Please prepare for this conference by reading Chapter 5: The patient with transient visual loss in the BCSC Neuro-ophthalmology book.