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MORRIS B. BENDER, MD

Arch Neurol. 1965;13(2):204-213.

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ONE of the most frequent symptoms encountered in the practice of neurology or ophthalmology is blurred vision. Interrogation as to the nature of this general complaint will disclose in some cases that the viewed image seems to move. This blurring of vision with movement has been further described by the patient as the "bobbing," "dancing," "jumping," or "shimmering" of the viewed object which "can't stand still" and is "all mixed up." Whatever the term used by the patient, the common feature is an apparent oscillation of a fixated stationary target. The phenomenon is not unusual and despite Brickner's claim that it was a new symptom,¹ oscillopsia was probably observed prior to 1936. However, little has been written on the nature and variety of this visual complaint. Cogan mentioned it in his description of dissociated nystagmus in cases of cerebellar lesions.² The apparent lack of literature on this . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb 13, 1965; accepted April 2.

Reprint requests to Mount Sinai Hospital, New York 10029.

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