SUDDEN BLINDNESS

ophthalmological problems:

retinal detachment

acute glaucoma

vitreous haemorrhage

retinal artery occlusion

retinal vein occlusion

optic neuritis

systemic / other:

temporal arteritis [anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy]

skull fracture / trauma

raised intracranial pressure

methanol poisoning

TRANSIENT BLINDNESS (AMAUROSIS FUGAX):

migraine

transient ischaemic attack

following vertebral angiography

hysteria

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