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Scintillating scotoma, Visual snow Persistent aura without infarction ( PAWOI ) is a rare and seemingly benign [ 1 ] condition, first described in case reports in 1982 as "prolonged/persistent migraine aura status", [ 2 ] and in 2000 as "migraine aura status", [ 3 ] [ 4 ] that is not yet fully understood.
Scintillating scotoma is a common visual aura that was first described by 19th-century physician Hubert Airy (1838–1903). Originating from the brain, it may precede a migraine headache, but can also occur acephalgically (without headache), also known as visual migraine or migraine aura. [4]
Acephalgic migraine (also called migraine aura without headache, amigrainous migraine, isolated visual migraine, and optical migraine) is a neurological syndrome.It is a relatively uncommon variant of migraine in which the patient may experience some migraine symptoms such as aura, nausea, photophobia, and hemiparesis, but does not experience headache. [1]
In order to get a diagnosis of migraine with aura, you must first fit the criteria for a general migraine diagnosis. That includes these four things, according to the American Headache Society : A ...
An ocular migraine refers to any type of migraine that causes changes in your vision with or without an accompanying or subsequent migraine headache. Ocular migraines can disrupt your daily life ...
Migraine and migraine with aura are common comorbidities. However, comorbid migraine worsens some of the additional visual symptoms and tinnitus seen in "visual snow" syndrome. This might bias research studies by patients with migraine being more likely to offer study participation than those without migraine due to having more severe symptoms.
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Illusory palinopsia may occur during a migraine aura, as do other diffuse illusory symptoms such as halos around objects, visual snow, dysmetropsia, and oscillopsia. In a rare migraine subtype known as persistent visual aura without infarction , illusory palinopsia symptoms ( prolonged indistinct afterimages , light streaking , and visual ...