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Failure of pattern recognition
Author(s) -
PURVIN V,
KAWASAKI A
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.1241.x
Subject(s) - confusion , medical diagnosis , theme (computing) , feature (linguistics) , point (geometry) , medicine , computer science , optometry , medical physics , intensive care medicine , psychology , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , psychoanalysis , operating system
Purpose This course focuses on areas of frequent diagnostic confusion in neuro‐ophthalmic diagnosis. Methods The course uses a case‐based format. Cases are presented as unknowns, each illustrating the specific clinical feature or features that should point to the correct diagnosis. Results We hope that highlighting common errors in this way will help inspire the clinician to master the material so that such “pitfalls” can be avoided. Conclusion The common theme among the cases is that most neuro‐ophthalmic diagnoses derive from the history and careful examination rather than the results of ancillary testing.