Cotton-wool spots and migraine: a case series of three patients.
- Resource Type
- case study
- Authors
- Jamison, A; Gilmour, D F
- Source
- Eye. Nov2015, Vol. 29 Issue 11, p1512-1513. 2p.
- Subject
- *HEADACHE treatment
*MIGRAINE
*PATHOLOGICAL physiology
*VISUAL acuity
*VISUAL fields
*HISTORY of medicine
*MIGRAINE diagnosis
*RETINAL disease diagnosis
*ANGIOGRAPHY
*ISCHEMIA
*NEURONS
*RETINA
*RETINAL diseases
*OPTICAL coherence tomography
*RETINAL artery occlusion
- Language
- ISSN
- 0950-222X
The article discusses 3 cases of isolated cotton-wool spot (CWS) accompanied by a history of migraine and suggests a pathophysiological association between migraine and CWS. The 3 patients presented with a new visual disturbance associated with recent migraine where an isolated CWS was identified corresponding to an area of scotoma. It suggests the importance of a full medical history when assessing patients with sudden onset of visual field defect secondary to CWS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]