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Report of a Case

T. D. Allen, M.D.; H. F. Carman, Jr., M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1938;20(5):846-849.

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The purpose of this report is twofold: first, to contribute to the literature one more case of hemianopic paracentral scotoma and, second, to corroborate the reports of previous authors.

In reviewing the literature we found that prior to 1930 only a few cases of this type of defect of the visual field had been reported. In 1907 Wilbrand¹ reported 8 cases and described them in detail. In 1908 Posey² reported 1 case. Stieren³ in 1924 found a hemianopic paracentral scotoma in a patient with an acute facial abscess in whom meningitis later developed, the scotoma appearing after development of the meningitis. Newton⁴ described 1 case in 1936. O. and H. Barkan⁵ reported 2 cases in 1930, and in 1935 O. Barkan and Boyle⁶ presented another case. In the last account the authors summarized the clinical findings in cases in which this type of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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