AMAUROSIS FUGAX
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 61 (4) , 583-588
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1983.tb04348.x
Abstract
Forty‐four unselected patients with amaurosis fugax (AF) have been followed for 4.6 years (mean 2.6). Thirty per cent had atheromatous lesions, 20% had miscellaneous diagnoses (temporal arteritis 5, transitory ocular hypertension 2, glaucomatous iritis 1, benign intracraniel hypertension 1), 50% consisted of young, mainly women, in whom no cause was found. Prior to AF 2 had hemiplegia, 4 TCI, one optic atrophy and suspicion in 3. None died, one developed hemiparesis and one macular degeneration. An individuel conservative attitude to AF seems justified in this material.Keywords
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