title: [A classification of light reflexes of the ocular fundus (author's transl)].
abstract: The proposed classification resulted from many years of studying the light reflexes and their clinical importance in diseases of the fundus. The generally used term "retinal reflexes" is rejected; it is more appropriate to call them "light reflexes of the ocular fundus". They are divided into normal and pathologic reflexes. Pathologic reflexes are seen in diseases of the fundus. Within the group of normal reflexes it is possible to discern pathologic variants. The macular reflex, for example, may be normal or pathologic. Normal reflexes are the foveolar, the macular, the intramacular, the paramacular, the perimacular, the plane-like reflexes, Frost's points, the vertically linear reflexes, and the light streaks of the vessels. The pathologic reflexes comprise the fan-like, the focal, the peridiscal, the linear, the stationary, the metalloid reflexes, and the crystalline ones. This classification is intended not only for standardizing the nomenclature of the reflexes, but also for facilitating the recognition and differentiation of the numerous reflexes of the ocular fundus.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000503:physiopathology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology*; D012160:Retina / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Uber die Klassification der Lichtreflexe des Augenhintergrundes.