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Visual halos

MedGen UID:
78760
•Concept ID:
C0271188
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Visual Halo
SNOMED CT: Visual halos (83551002)

Definition

Hazy ring around bright lights seen by some patients with refractive error or optical defects, e.g. cataracts, or corneal swelling. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVisual halos

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Benefits and side effects of prisms in the management of diplopia in adults: a prospective study.
Tamhankar MA, Luo S, Kwong B, Pistilli M
J AAPOS 2021 Apr;25(2):85.e1-85.e6. Epub 2021 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2020.11.018. PMID: 33901672
Accommodative Esotropia Treatment Plan Utilizing Simultaneous Strabismus Surgery and Photorefractive Keratectomy.
Eustis HS, Shah P
Am J Ophthalmol 2018 Mar;187:125-129. Epub 2018 Jan 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2018.01.005. PMID: 29339065
Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for low to moderate myopia using a 5.0 mm treatment zone and no transitional zone: 16-year follow-up.
Guerin MB, Darcy F, O'Connor J, O'Keeffe M
J Cataract Refract Surg 2012 Jul;38(7):1246-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.03.027. PMID: 22727294

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Subjective visual halos after sildenafil (Viagra) administration: Electroretinographic evaluation.
Gabrieli CB, Regine F, Vingolo EM, Rispoli E, Fabbri A, Isidori A
Ophthalmology 2001 May;108(5):877-81. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00648-5. PMID: 11320016

Therapy

Subjective visual halos after sildenafil (Viagra) administration: Electroretinographic evaluation.
Gabrieli CB, Regine F, Vingolo EM, Rispoli E, Fabbri A, Isidori A
Ophthalmology 2001 May;108(5):877-81. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00648-5. PMID: 11320016
Long-term efficacy and toxicity of high-dose amiodarone therapy for ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.
Morady F, Sauve MJ, Malone P, Shen EN, Schwartz AB, Bhandari A, Keung E, Sung RJ, Scheinman MM
Am J Cardiol 1983 Nov 1;52(8):975-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(83)90515-5. PMID: 6637851

Clinical prediction guides

Subjective visual halos after sildenafil (Viagra) administration: Electroretinographic evaluation.
Gabrieli CB, Regine F, Vingolo EM, Rispoli E, Fabbri A, Isidori A
Ophthalmology 2001 May;108(5):877-81. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00648-5. PMID: 11320016

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