title: Acute visual loss and other disorders of the eyes.
abstract: This article outlines neuro-ophthalmic findings and diseases which may present in an emergency setting. The abnormal optic disc, visual loss, double-vision and disorders of gaze, skew deviation, and the neuro-ophthalmology of vascular lesions, intracerebral hemorrhage, increased intracranial pressure, neuromuscular emergencies, metabolic disturbances, and trauma are all reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laskowitz
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Galetta
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*