Foveomacular retinitis: report of cases in three young females

Cases of foveomacular retinitis in three young females (4 eyes) are presented. No history of sun gazing was given; all returned to normal or near normal acuity following resolution of the natural course of the disease. The various proposed etiologies and abnormal findings are discussed.

Atrophy of retinal ganglion cells after removal of striate cortex in a rhesus monkey

The retinal ganglion cells were counted in a rhesus monkey from which the striate cortex had been removed 8 years earlier, and the results compared with those obtained previously with the eyes of normal monkeys. About 80% of the ganglion cells within 10 degrees of the fovea were missing. Peripherally their density was unaffected. The ganglion cell layer of the entire retina resembled the peripheral retina of a normal monkey, and this result helps to explain the remarkable nature of the animal's vision.

A clinicopathologic study of a peculiar foveomacular dystrophy

Images