The non-organic nature of signs and symptoms in some patients has been recognized for almost 4000 years by the ancient Egyptians. Hippocrates coined the term hysteria as he believed that the misplacement of a wandering uterus was responsible for such manifestations. Other terms were given by famous physicians like Jean-Martin Charcot (La belle indiffrence), Sigmund Freud (conversion syndrome), or Jozef Jules Franois Flix Babinsky (pithiatism). Homers description of a warrior who lost sight upon seeing an enemy may have been the first case of non-organic visual loss (NOVL). (Culpin ) However, the first report of NOVL in the medical literature was written by Albrecht von Graefe in 1855 who described two techniques to demonstrate the non-organ...
Of all our senses, vision is most commonly associated with patient distress, if not overt alarm, whe...
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is a relatively common condition in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnos...
A disturbance of vision that is unexplained by the initial examiner may result in a train of events ...
The non-organic nature of signs and symptoms in some patients has been recognized for almost 4000 ye...
The notion of functional vision loss dates to antiquity (1). Given its longstanding history and pres...
Abstract Non-organic visual loss is a frequent challenge in ophthalmic practice. In children most pa...
INTRODUCTION. The Charcot and Bernard case of visual imagery, Monsieur X, is a classic case in the h...
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is characterized by the onset of a visual deficit or disturbance that ...
We report a case of a young male child who presented with acute onset of monocular diplopia, mild pa...
Summary: Patients present with: -No light perception -OR light perception but only in one eye o No l...
Summary: Patients present with: -No light perception -OR light perception but only in one eye o No l...
BACKGROUND: Few studies provide follow-up information or systematic investigation of prognostic para...
CLINICAL neurology has revealed several examples of that uncommon disorder, visual agnosia, but only...
Nonorganic disease that affects the afferent visual system is the most common manifestation of this ...
Nonorganic disease that affects the afferent visual system is the most common manifestation of this ...
Of all our senses, vision is most commonly associated with patient distress, if not overt alarm, whe...
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is a relatively common condition in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnos...
A disturbance of vision that is unexplained by the initial examiner may result in a train of events ...
The non-organic nature of signs and symptoms in some patients has been recognized for almost 4000 ye...
The notion of functional vision loss dates to antiquity (1). Given its longstanding history and pres...
Abstract Non-organic visual loss is a frequent challenge in ophthalmic practice. In children most pa...
INTRODUCTION. The Charcot and Bernard case of visual imagery, Monsieur X, is a classic case in the h...
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is characterized by the onset of a visual deficit or disturbance that ...
We report a case of a young male child who presented with acute onset of monocular diplopia, mild pa...
Summary: Patients present with: -No light perception -OR light perception but only in one eye o No l...
Summary: Patients present with: -No light perception -OR light perception but only in one eye o No l...
BACKGROUND: Few studies provide follow-up information or systematic investigation of prognostic para...
CLINICAL neurology has revealed several examples of that uncommon disorder, visual agnosia, but only...
Nonorganic disease that affects the afferent visual system is the most common manifestation of this ...
Nonorganic disease that affects the afferent visual system is the most common manifestation of this ...
Of all our senses, vision is most commonly associated with patient distress, if not overt alarm, whe...
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is a relatively common condition in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnos...
A disturbance of vision that is unexplained by the initial examiner may result in a train of events ...