An update on eye pain for the neurologist.
Pain in and around the eye with or without an associated headache is a common presenting complaint to the neurologist. Although the main causes for eye pain are easily diagnosed by simple examination techniques that are readily available to a neurologist, sometimes the etiology is not as obvious and may require a referral to an ophthalmologist. This article summarizes and updates our prior review in Neurologic Clinics on this topic and includes (1) ocular and orbital disorders that produce eye pain with a normal examination, (2) neurologic syndromes with predominantly ophthalmologic presentations, and (3) ophthalmologic presentations of selected headache syndromes.
Department of Ophthalmology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: AGLee@HoustonMethodist.org.
Andrew G
AG
Lee
Department of Ophthalmology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Nagham
N
Al-Zubidi
Department of Ophthalmology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Hilary A
HA
Beaver
Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA; Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Paul W
PW
Brazis
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Eye pain; Headache syndromes; Ocular and orbital disorders; Ophthalmic neurologic syndromes