Photopic tangential perimetry.
A large absolute paracentral ring scotoma was found in both eyes of a 60-year-old woman with progressive cone dysfunction but with normal rod function using for the perimetry a white tangential screen of 200 cd/m2 luminance and a 632 nm laser test light. No visual field defect could be found in this patient using the Goldmann perimeter employing white test objects on the standard 10 cd/m2 white background. Further developments of a photopic tangential perimetry system are suggested.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008875:Middle Aged; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000503:physiopathology; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014794:Visual Fields