Black-patch Psychosis with Sympathetic Ophthalmitis and Deafness
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A case of sympathetic ophthalmia with sensory-neural deafness, who developed a 'black patch psychosis' following loss of vision and hearing, is described. Sympathetic ophthalmitis as a cause of this variety of delirium has not been described earlier.
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