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Postgrad Med J 1999;75:201-207 doi:10.1136/pgmj.75.882.201
  • Review
  • Psychogenic medicine

Non-organic visual loss

  1. S Beatty
  1. Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WH, UK
    • Accepted 16 November 1998

    Abstract

    Visual complaints without a physical basis are not uncommon presentations to the general physician, the neurologist, or the ophthalmologist. These alleged visual disturbances may be psychogenic or feigned. The diagnosis is made when all possible contributory pathology of the visual system is excluded, and reassurance remains the cornerstone of management.

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