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Sudden loss of vision during pregnancy: Migraine with visual aura presenting with quadranopsia

Gebelikte ani gelişen görme kaybı: Kadranopsiyle ortaya çıkan görsel auralı migren

Pages
144–146
Publication Date
2022-11-03
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Emergency physicians should take care about pregnant woman presenting with visual disturbance, and consider migraine as differential diagnosis.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Migraine aura without headache can be easily diagnosed from an appropriate migraine history.
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Key Findings & Data:A 32-year-old woman in her 37th week of pregnancy presented with quadranopsia in the upper outer quadrant of the left eye.
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Conclusion & Impact:Emergency physicians should take care about pregnant woman presenting with visual disturbance, and consider migraine as differential diagnosis.
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Abstract

Migraine aura without headache can be easily diagnosed from an appropriate migraine history. However, diagnosis is more difficult with a different migraine pattern, especially during pregnancy. A 32-year-old woman in her 37th week of pregnancy presented with quadranopsia in the upper outer quadrant of the left eye. There were no signs of meningismus, sensory or motor deficits. Visual field examination revealed quadranopsia, which lasted 40 minutes and spontaneously resolved. Subsequently, a typical migraine headache began. Several studies have reported that migraine improves in most women during pregnancy. Migraine headaches start de novo during pregnancy in approximately 10% of cases, and the new-onset migraine is often accompanied by migraine aura. Migraine with aura is one of the most common disorders underlying transient focal neurological symptoms among pregnant women. Emergency physicians should take care about pregnant woman presenting with visual disturbance, and consider migraine as differential diagnosis.

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Migren öyküsü veren hastalarda baş ağrısı olmaksızın auralı migren tanısı kolay konabilirken, özellikle gebelik döneminde ve farklı bir migren patterninde bu tanının konması daha zordur. Gebeliğinin 37. haftasında olan 32 yaşında kadın hasta, sol gözün üst dış kadranında görme kaybı yakınmasıyla başvurdu. Hastada meningismus semptomları, duyusal ve motor defisit bulunmamaktaydı. Görme alanı muayenesi kadranopsiyi doğrulamakla birlikte, 40 dakika kadar sürdü ve kendiliğinden tamamen düzeldi, bunun ardından hastanın migrene ait tipik baş ağrısı başladı. Literatüre göre kadınlarda migrene bağlı baş ağrıları gebelik döneminde azalır. Migrene bağlı baş ağrıları gebelik döneminde yaklaşık %10 oranında yeni başlangıçlı da olabilir, yeni başlangıçlı migren ağrılarının çoğu auralıdır. Gebe hastalarda görülen geçici fokal nörolojik semptomların büyük kısmından auralı migren sorumludur. Acil tıp uzmanları negatif görsel bulgularla acil servise başvuran gebe hastalarda migreni ayırıcı tanıda düşünmelidirler.

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DOĞAN, N. Ö. (2022). Sudden loss of vision during pregnancy: Migraine with visual aura presenting with quadranopsia. Türkiye Acil Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 3, 144–146. https://ajindex.com/articles/625987

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