Tip of iceberg: when unusual vision complaints with a normal examination prompt a closer look

• Published in: Clinical case reports Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 10 - 13
• Main Authors: Weiss, Kathleen D., Chang, Ta C., Cavuoto, Kara M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-02-2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Automation; Case Reports; Children & youth; Collaboration; Conversion disorder; Defects; Family medical history; Family physicians; Field study; functional vision loss; Medical referrals; NMR; nonorganic vision loss; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Pathology; Patients; Pediatrics; Primary care; Psychotherapy; Sex crimes; temporal hemianopsia; nonorganic vision loss; Conversion disorder; functional vision loss; temporal hemianopsia
• ISSN: 2050-0904; 2050-0904
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.46

Key Clinical Message
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is a relatively common condition in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnosis can prevent costly, time‐consuming, and frustrating workups. It is valuable for general practitioners and specialists alike to include NOVL in their differential when evaluating patients with visual complaints that are inconsistent with normal examination findings.
Nonorganic vision loss (NOVL) is a relatively common condition in pediatric patients. Prompt diagnosis can prevent costly, time‐consuming, and frustrating workups. It is valuable for general practitioners and specialists alike to include NOVL in their differential when evaluating patients with visual complaints that are inconsistent with normal examination findings.