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Functional vision disorders in adults: a paradigm and nomenclature shift for ophthalmology.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mind the gap: making headway in functional visual loss.Eye (London, England) · 2026Article
- Characterizing Visual Field Defects with Tangent Screen Perimetry in Organic Versus Non-Organic Pathologies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Clinical Use of Retinotopy in Functional Hemianopia.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2026Article
- Positive Clinical Signs in Functional Neurological Disorders: A Narrative Review and Development of a Clinical Decision Tool.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Unraveling functional neurological disorder in pediatric populations: A systematic review of diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2025Article
- "My child can't see"-workup and management of children with low vision: a joint workshop of the AAPOS Low Vision Rehabilitation and Genetic Eye Diseases Committees.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2025Review
- Special Commentary: Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment Working Definition: A Report from the National Institutes of Health CVI Workshop.Ophthalmology · 2024Article
- How do I manage functional visual loss.Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- Words Matter: "Functional Neurologic Disorder" or "Functional Symptom Disorder"?Neurology. Clinical practice · 2024Article
- Management of Functional Vision Disorders.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
Vision loss with clinical findings that are incompatible with the symptoms and recognized neurological or ophthalmic conditions is a common presentation of patients to neurologists, ophthalmologists, and neuro-ophthalmologists. The accepted terminology to describe such patients has evolved over time, including functional visual disorder (FVD), non-organic vision loss, non-physiologic vision loss, functional vision loss, psychogenic, psychosomatic, and medically unexplained visual loss. Likewise, attitudes and recommended management options have changed over the years in the fields of psychiatry and neurology. FVD is a diagnosis of inclusion, and it is critical that the diagnosis be made and delivered efficiently and effectively to reduce patient and physician duress. We review the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM V) terminology and the prior literature on FVD and describe how the approaches to diagnosis and management have changed. We provide recommendations on the appropriate techniques and diagnostic approach for patients with FVD. We also propose a protocol for consistent and standardized discussion with the patient of the diagnosis of FVD. We believe that the adoption of FVD as both a paradigm and nomenclature shift in ophthalmology will improve patient care.
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