›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 118-.

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Four cases report of functional visual loss

HUANG Zhu1, XIN Dan-li2, GU Yang-shun1   

  1. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China;2. Ningbo Jiangdong Eye Hospital, Ningbo 315040, China
  • Online:2010-01-26 Published:2010-01-26

Abstract:

Functional visual loss is caused by the functional disturbance of visual cortical area, which is induced by strong emotion impact. With the characteristics of diverse clinic symptoms, functional visual loss is usually hard to be identified and diagnosed. Four cases of functional visual loss are reported in this article. The patients were diagnosed by the query of medical history, observation of behavior and some examinations such as foggy test. The patients received suggestibility treatment, and achieved favourable therapeutic effect.

Key words: functional visual loss, diagnosis, suggestibility treatment