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Occular migraine?

The other night the vision in my right eye was almost completely occluded. I could see a little to the bottom right. The occlusion was grey and somewhat jagged on the edges. It mostly cleared up within two hours leaving a completely opaque rectangle in the upper left with a the corner that  was rounded like an address label. It has been slowly deteriorating since then, it is still opaque but there are cracks running through it. It moves with my eye movement and has mostly been grey/purple, but sometimes it changes color. I can also see it with my eyes closed (even in a dark room) and after it shrunk I also noticed sparkly lights in the occluded area.

I had a CT scan at the hospital, but no blood or cardiac workup. The hospital diagnosed it as a PVD (which I've had in my left eye) and referred me to an eye doctor. The eye doctor says my retinas are fine and my eyes look healthy and decide it was an occular migraine. I have had those, but they were nothing like this.

So, can an occular migraine leave an "after image" that slowly breaks up? In one eye?
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694469/
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I have experienced something similar. There is something known as "persistent migraine aura without infarction" which seem to fit my case and perhaps yours too
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Your description of your 'event' is not at all typical of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD)  The flash associated with PVD are momentary, less than a second, very bright. Like lightening on a very dark night. They don't last continously for 30 minutes to several hours.  Blocking the entire vision is not typical. they don't block a specific part of the vision just have vitreous opacities that move with the eye (floaters).  You need to see an eye MD ophthalmologist as soon as possible.  If the "eye doctor" that checked you was an optometrist you need to see an Eye MD right away. If your doctor is an Eye MD I would suggest a second opinion from a retinal specialist or a neuro-ophthalmologist. Eye migraines don't leave blank or distorted areas after the migraine is gone and over.
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