Vision loss with sexual activity

Michele D. Lee; Jeffrey G. Odel; Danielle S. Rudich; Robert Ritch

doi:10.1097/IJG.0000000000000165

Vision loss with sexual activity

Michele D. Lee, Jeffrey G. Odel, Danielle S. Rudich, Robert Ritch

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Abstract

A 51-year-old white man presented with multiple episodes of transient painless unilateral vision loss precipitated by sexual intercourse. Examination was significant for closed angles bilaterally. His visual symptoms completely resolved following treatment with laser peripheral iridotomies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e46-e47
Journal	Journal of Glaucoma
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000000165
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Angle-closure glaucoma
Pupillary block
Sympathetic activation
Transient visual loss

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