PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - DAVIS, FLOYD A.
AU  - BERGEN, DONNA
AU  - SCHAUF, CHARLES
AU  - McDONALD, IAN
AU  - DEUTSCH, WILLIAM
TI  - Movement phosphenes in optic neuritis
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.26.11.1100
DP  - 1976 Nov 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1100--1100
VI  - 26
IP  - 11
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/26/11/1100.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/26/11/1100.full
SO  - Neurology1976 Nov 01; 26
AB  - Positive visual phenomena (phosphenes) elicited by eye movements have been described in normal individuals and in myopes with vitreous opacities. In the present paper we describe eye movement-induced phosphenes that appear to be related to optic nerve involvement in patients with optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis. This phenomenon is not associated with vitreous or retinal defects, nor is it similar to phosphenes observed in normal individuals. Instead, it shares many characteristics with the well-known Lhermitte sign and is believed to represent a similar phenomenon.