HEREDITARY DEGENERATIVE MACULAR LESIONS WITH INFLAMMATORY SIGNS AND LATE VISUAL DISTURBANCE

Degenerative Macular Lesions with Inflammatory Signs and Late Visual Disturbance*

THE ophthalmoscopic appearances of hereditary degenerative macular lesions vary greatly, as do the functional disturbances produced, the time of onset, the course, and the mode of inheritance. Behr (1920), finding the time of onset fairly constant in the members of one sibship, classified hereditary macular degeneration on this basis, starting with the congenital cases (Best, 1905), proceeding ...

Hereditary Degenerative Macular Lesions with Inflammatory Signs and Late Visual Disturbance.

THE ophthalmoscopic appearances of hereditary degenerative macular lesions vary greatly, as do the functional disturbances produced, the time of onset, the course, and the mode of inheritance. Behr (1920), finding the time of onset fairly constant in the members of one sibship, classified hereditary macular degeneration on this basis, starting with the congenital cases (Best, 1905), proceeding ...

Relationships of orientation discrimination threshold and visual acuity with macular lesions in age-related macular degeneration

PURPOSE To measure visual acuity and metamorphopsia in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to explore their relationship with macular lesions. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, a total of 32 normal subjects (32 eyes) and 35 AMD patients (35 eyes) were recruited. They were categorized into 4 groups: normal, dry AMD, non-active wet AMD, and active wet AMD. Best-correct...

Hereditary macular coloboma.

PHYSICAL SIGNS Functional weakness and sensory disturbance

In the diagnosis of functional weakness and sensory disturbance, positive physical signs are as important as absence of signs of disease. Motor signs, particularly Hoover’s sign, are more reliable than sensory signs, but none should be used in isolation and must be interpreted in the overall context of the presentation. It should be borne in mind that a patient may have both a functional and an...