Visual snow syndrome (VSS): differential diagnosis
Evidence-based neurology checklist on visual snow syndrome (vss): differential diagnosis: Neurological Migraine with visual aura Occipital lobe epilepsy Occipital stroke Glycine receptor antibody syndrome Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) Post-hallucinogen perceptual…
Neurological
- Migraine with visual aura
- Occipital lobe epilepsy
- Occipital stroke
- Glycine receptor antibody syndrome
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD)
Post-hallucinogen perceptual disorder (PHPD)
Ophthalmological
Drugs
Systemic
References
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- Mehta DG, Garza I, Robertson CE. Two hundred and forty-eight cases of visual snow: a review of potential inciting events and contributing comorbidities. Cephalalgia 2021; 41:1015-1026.
