Neuro-ophthalmological emergency disorders: A general view

Neuro-ophthalmological disorders in HIV infected subjects with neurological manifestations.

AIMS To determine the frequency and features of neuro-ophthalmological manifestations in neurologically symptomatic HIV infected patients and to assess whether or not the visual evoked potential (VEP) features in these patients differ from those of neurologically asymptomatic HIV infected patients. METHODS Neuro-ophthalmological evaluation was performed in 166 neurologically symptomatic confi...

Some neuro-ophthalmological observations.

Some neuro-ophthalmological problems.

HAVING been associated with the Neurosurgical Unit of the Richmond Hospital for 25 years, I feel that the time is opportune to cast my memory back and recall some of my experiences which may be of interest. If I succeed in making it clear to the neurosurgeons that the ophthalmologist has a useful contribution to make in the assessment ofmany of their problems, and to the ophthalmologist that he...

Yellow forelock--a new neuro-ophthalmological sign.

We examined a middle-aged man with a prominent yellow forelock who complained of loss of vision in both eyes. He smoked his pipe avidly and drank a little Bourbon whisky daily. The nicotine content of the forelock (21.7 ng/mg) was 10 times that of the hair on his occiput (2.23 ng/mg). A yellow forelock when associated with isolated painless visual loss suggests tobacco amblyopia.

Neuro-ophthalmological syndromes for neurologists.

Correspondence to: Dr David Perkin, Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RP, UK; d.perkin@imperial. ac.uk _________________________ T he conditions or syndromes to be considered in this article are summarised in table 1. Many are seen relatively infrequently in neurological practice. Among 4000 successi...