Non-organic visual loss

Authors
Citation
S. Beatty, Non-organic visual loss, POSTG MED J, 75(882), 1999, pp. 201-207
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00325473 → ACNP
Volume
75
Issue
882
Year of publication
1999
Pages
201 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(199904)75:882<201:NVL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Visual complaints without a physical basis are not uncommon presentations t o the general physician, the neurologist, or the ophthalmologist. These all eged visual disturbances may be psychogenic or feigned. The diagnosis is ma de when all possible contributory pathology of the visual system is exclude d, and reassurance remains the cornerstone of management.