LESION OF THE OPTIC TRACT
- 1 December 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 20 (6) , 966-973
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1938.00850240080005
Abstract
The article of Onodi entitled "The Optic Nerve and the Accessory Cavities of the Nose"1in 1908 laid the anatomic foundation for the theory of blindness as a result of disease of the accessory sinuses. Smith, Van de Hoeve and Loeb reported the clinical application of this theory and some results obtained by surgical intervention on the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses. White2published reports of 2 cases of retrobulbar neuritis due to disease of the accessory sinuses in 1916 and of 3 cases in 1917. These articles stimulated a wave of enthusiasm, with the result that most cases of retrobulbar neuritis not due to purely exogenous toxins, such as tobacco, alcohol, lead, thallium acetate, etc., were attributed to disease of the posterior sinuses. Since that time in this country the pendulum has swung back and forth from disease of the posterior sinuses to multiple sclerosis or fociKeywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Loss of Sight from Posterior Accessory Sinus Disease, with Report of Three CasesNew England Journal of Medicine, 1917
- I. The Optic Nerve and the Accessory Cavities of the NoseAnnals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1908