Medicine:Seidel sign

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Seidel sign
Types of scotomas and the location on the retina.png
A visual description of the sites of different types of scotomas on the retina.Seidels sign is marked with orange
Differential diagnosisglaucoma

Seidel's sign (also called Seidel's scotoma) is a sickle-shaped scotoma that is a superior or inferior extension of the blind spot. It occurs in some patients with glaucoma.[1]

History

In 1914, German ophthalmologist Erich Seidel first described the glaucomatous visual field defect, Seidel's scotoma.[2]

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