Rapidly reversible visual loss in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: An ophthalmologist's enigma
Posterior reversible encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) may present with a sudden onset reversible visual loss under special visual conditions. Such patients' may initially be misdiagnosed as Malingering. Ophthalmologists may be the first physicians to be confronted by such patients. Hence, a knowl...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Oman Journal of Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2015;volume=8;issue=3;spage=211;epage=212;aulast=Sachdeva |
| Summary: | Posterior reversible encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) may present with a sudden onset reversible visual loss under special visual conditions. Such patients' may initially be misdiagnosed as Malingering. Ophthalmologists may be the first physicians to be confronted by such patients. Hence, a knowledge of this condition is vital to diagnosis and management of such conditions. |
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| ISSN: | 0974-620X |