Visual snow syndrome (VSS): differential diagnosis
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Visual snow syndrome (VSS): differential diagnosis. Migraine with visual aura, Occipital lobe epilepsy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
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)
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Ophthalmological
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Drugs
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Systemic
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References
- Hang C, Leishangthem L, Yan Y. Not all cases of visual snows are benign: mimics of visual snow syndrome. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2021; 17:3293-3300.
- Chen BS, Lance S, Lallu B, Anderson NE. Visual snow: not so benign. J Clin Neurosci 2019; 64:37-39.
- Wong A, Matheos K, Danesh-Meyer HV. Visual symptoms in the presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Clin Neurosci 2015; 22:1688-1689.
- Schankin CJ, Maniyar FH, Digre KB, Goadsby PJ. 'Visual snow' - a disorder distinct from persistent migraine aura. Brain 2014; 137:1419-1428.
- 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.
