Potential acuity meter testing in suspected factitious nonasymmetric central visual loss

Asher Weiner; Michael Halpert; Ali M. El-Fakieh

Potential acuity meter testing in suspected factitious nonasymmetric central visual loss

Asher Weiner
, Michael Halpert
, Ali M. El-Fakieh

Department of Ophthalmology

Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School

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Abstract

We evaluated the use of Potential Acuity Meter (PAM) testing in patients with suspected factitious nonasymmetric acuity loss. PAM testing revealed 20/25-20/30 acuity in four suspected patients (7 eyes, ages 5-54) who claimed to have acuities of 20/200-20/400. Additional tests helped substantiate the suspicion. Our results suggest that PAM testing can help demonstrate a significantly better than claimed acuity in suspected patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-85
Number of pages	5
Journal	Annals of Ophthalmology - Glaucoma
Volume	30
Issue number	2
State	Published - Mar 1998

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Potential acuity meter testing in suspected factitious nonasymmetric central visual loss

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