Ocular cases of medical interest.

نویسنده

  • J H YOUNG
چکیده

Case Reports Case 1. Myopathica Atrophica.-A yeoman of signals aged 22 years was admitted to the Military Hospital, Gibraltar, on August 31, 1943. He complained of having difficulty in facing the light for 10 days. The eyes ached -but did not water, and had become bloodshot in the last 2 months, but especially in the last week when he attended the American hospital at Londonderry for conjunctivitis. Moreover, he had been losing weight for the last 6 months with much thinning of the arms, legs, and chest, more especially on the right side; the left arm gave more trouble when signalling (semaphore) and tired more easily; he lost control of the right leg occasionally. His face was much thinner and he was becoming "pot-bellied". He was sleeping well.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 42 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1958