An atypical presentation of visual conversion disorder
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An atypical presentation of visual conversion disorder.
Nonorganic vision loss accounts for up to 5% of patients and presents in two forms, malingering and visual conversion disorder (VCD). It is described a case of VCD in a new mother struggling both with her husband being deployed overseas and the recent death of her father. In addition, she had been evaluated for a concussion secondary to a motor vehicle accident three months prior. An inexpensiv...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Optometry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1888-4296
DOI: 10.1016/j.optom.2015.01.006