SOME NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

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...

Some neuro-ophthalmological observations.

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...

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 symptoms in vertigo and dizziness

Neuro-ophthalmological symptoms in vertigo and dizziness. The vestibular and visual systems are closely linked in the genesis of vertigo and dizziness. An examination of these two systems is helpful in the search for an aetiological diagnosis. In ENT, this double approach can also help to avoid certain ophthalmological pitfalls such as the mistaken idea that a squint cannot be of vestibular ori...