title: [Light reflexes of the fundus oculi. Paper on an atlas which appeared under this title in Russian by A.M. Vodovozov].
abstract: This atlas is the first publication dealing with the clinical significance of the light reflexes of the fundus. The mechanism and the conditions for the occurrence of light reflexes in ophthalmoscopy are described. A classification of the light reflexes is presented, dividing them into normal and pathologic groups. The normal light reflexes - foveolar, macular, areal, paravasal, streaks of light on the vessels - and their abnormal variations in different diseases of the fundus are described. The pathologic light reflexes - fanlike, focal, peripapillary, linear, stationary, metallic, crystalline - and their diagnostic significance are discussed. Practical recommendations are given for assessing pathologic changes in the retina and the optic disk from the appearance of the light reflexes. Finally the manifestation of light reflexes as a characteristic of some diseases of the fundus is pointed out.
mesh_terms: D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012018:Reflex; D014586:USSR
vernacular_title: Die Lichtreflexe des Augenhintergrundes. Referat über den unter diesem Titel in russischer Sprache erschienenen Atlas von A. M. Vodovozov.