Media problems |
Keratitis |
• Infectious or noninfectious |
Corneal edema |
• Acute glaucoma |
Hyphema |
• Spontaneous or traumatic |
Alterations in crystalline lens |
• Thickening, clouding, or dislocation |
Uveitis |
Vitreous hemorrhage |
• Spontaneous or traumatic |
Retina problems |
Retinal vascular occlusion (CRAO, CRVO) |
Retinal detachment |
Acute maculopathy |
Problems of the neural visual pathway |
Optic neuropathy |
• Ischemia, inflammatory, or infectious process |
Papilledema |
• Elevated intracranial pressure |
Chiasmal disorders |
• Pituitary apoplexy |
Retrochiasmal disorders |
• Brain lesions in the visual pathway |
• Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy (PRES) |
Other considerations |
Trauma as a cause of many of the above |
Acute glaucoma |
• Vision loss due to corneal edema and/or optic nerve ischemia in the setting of severely elevated intraocular pressure |
Functional visual loss |
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