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  • Title: Visual conversion reaction in children.
    Author: Barnard NA.
    Journal: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt; 1989 Oct; 9(4):372-8. PubMed ID: 2698460.
    Abstract:
    Visual conversion reaction (VCR) is a psychosomatic illness that will occasionally be seen by optometrists and ophthalmologists. This paper discusses some of the possible aetiologies and manifestations of the condition. Investigation and management of children with suspected VCR is discussed. Four case histories are presented in which signs of VCR included amblyopia, reduced accommodation and a deterioration in handwriting. The visual field defects presented include a static quantitative anomaly. Such a defect has not previously been reported.
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