raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:420556

Visual snow syndrome

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Not applicable
Status
active

Visual snow syndrome is a rare neurologic disease characterized by persistent continuous bilateral visual experience of flickering snow-like dots throughout the visual field in association with other visual (including palinopsia, enhanced entopic phenomena, nyctalopia, photophobia and photopsia) and non-visual (migraine with or without aura, tinnitus and occasionally tremor) symptoms.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enVisual snow syndrome
frSyndrome de neige visuelle
deVisual snow-SyndromAugenflimmer-Phänomen · Augenrauschen
esSíndrome de nieve visual
itSindrome della neve visiva
nlVisual snow-syndroomOogruisfenomeen
ptSíndrome de neve visual
plZespół śniegu optycznego
csSyndrom sněžného vidění
ukВізуальний сніговий синдром
zh视雪综合征
trKarlı görüş sendromu

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10H53.8NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-119C4YNTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0018486Evalidated
MeSHC000726567Evalidated
UMLSC4324662Evalidated
GARD12062Evalidated
MedDRA10079450Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

24 annotations · validated 2024-06-26
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0100832Vitreous floatersDiagnostic criterion
Frequent (79-30%)
HP:0000739Anxiety
HP:0007302Bipolar affective disorder
HP:5200217Depersonalization
HP:0000716Depression
HP:5200218Derealization
HP:0031987Diminished ability to concentrate
HP:6001103Entoptic phenomenonDiagnostic criterion
HP:0012378Fatigue
HP:0000737Irritability
HP:0002076Migraine
HP:0030833Neck pain
HP:0000662NyctalopiaDiagnostic criterion
HP:0003401Paresthesia
HP:0000613PhotophobiaDiagnostic criterion
HP:0030786PhotopsiaDiagnostic criterion
HP:0002360Sleep abnormality
HP:0000360Tinnitus
HP:0001337Tremor
HP:0002321Vertigo
Occasional (29-5%)
HP:0033630Brain fog
HP:0012173Orthostatic tachycardia
HP:0002172Postural instability
Excluded (0%)
HP:0002077Migraine with auraDiagnostic criterion

Run the differential on the 1 obligate / very frequent terms

Annotation source: 34393980[PMID]_36788360[PMID]_34671311[PMID]_31714263[PMID]_29140814[PMID]

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Sources for this card