Amaurosis fugax refers to an attack of transient and painless loss of vision in one eye.
It is a common clinical symptom indicative of transient retinal ischaemia, usually associated with stenosis of the ipsilateral carotid artery or emboli (cardiac and aortic).
It is often described as a curtain passing across the eye (1).
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