• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 8, Issue 5, 1550040 (2015)
David P. Piero1、2、3, Begoa Monllor1, Vicenta Moncho1, Vicent J. Camps1, and Dolores de Fez1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Grupo de óptica y Percepcion Visual (GOPV) Department of Optics, Pharmacology and Anatomy University of Alicante, Spain
  • 2Department of Ophthalmology (OFTALMAR) Medimar International Hospital, Alicante, Spain
  • 3Foundation for the Visual Quality (Fundacion para la Calidad Visual, FUNCAVIS) Alicante, Spain
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    DOI: 10.1142/s1793545815500406 Cite this Article
    David P. Piero, Begoa Monllor, Vicenta Moncho, Vicent J. Camps, Dolores de Fez. Visual function alterations in essential tremor: A case report[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2015, 8(5): 1550040 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Our purpose is to report alterations in contrast sensitivity function (CSF) and in the magno, parvo and koniocellular visual pathways by means of a multichannel perimeter in case of an essential tremor (ET). A complete evaluation of the visual function was performed in a 69-year old patient, including the analysis of the chromatic discrimination by the Fansworth–Munsell 100 hue test, the measurement of the CSF by the CSV-1000E test, and the detection of potential alteration patterns in the magno, parvo and koniocellular visual pathways by means of a multichannel perimeter. Visual acuity and intraocular pressure (IOP) were within the ranges of normality in both eyes. No abnormalities were detected in the fundoscopic examination and in the optical coherence tomography (OCT) exam. The results of the color vision examination were also within the ranges of normality. A significant decrease in the achromatic CSFs for right eye (RE) and left eye (LE) was detected for all spatial frequencies. The statistical global values provided by the multichannel perimeter confirms that there were significant absolute sensitivity losses compared to the normal pattern in RE. In the LE, only a statistically significant decrease in sensitivity was detected for the blue-yellow (BY) channel. The pattern standard deviation (PSD) values obtained in our patient indicated that there were significant localized losses compared to the normality pattern in the achromatic channel of the RE and in the red-green (RG) channel of the LE. Some color vision alterations may be present in ET that cannot be detected with conventional color vision tests, such as the FM 100 Hue.
    David P. Piero, Begoa Monllor, Vicenta Moncho, Vicent J. Camps, Dolores de Fez. Visual function alterations in essential tremor: A case report[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2015, 8(5): 1550040
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