. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ns whichformed either during, or subsequent to,its collection. A ROENTGENOLOGIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE POSSIBLECAUSE OF HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY* BY HENRY K. PANCOAST Lieutenant (Junior Grade), U. S. N. R. F. PHILADELPHIA, PA. HEREDITARY optic atrophy, or Le-bers disease, may be described as ahereditary condition of unknown origincharacterized by a partial or nearly totalloss of vision. It may be of sudden orgradual onset, affecting males more fre-quently than females and occurring atcertain rather definite periods of
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ns whichformed either during, or subsequent to,its collection. A ROENTGENOLOGIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE POSSIBLECAUSE OF HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY* BY HENRY K. PANCOAST Lieutenant (Junior Grade), U. S. N. R. F. PHILADELPHIA, PA. HEREDITARY optic atrophy, or Le-bers disease, may be described as ahereditary condition of unknown origincharacterized by a partial or nearly totalloss of vision. It may be of sudden orgradual onset, affecting males more fre-quently than females and occurring atcertain rather definite periods of characteristic features upon examina-tion are an absolute central scotoma (Figs. tations such as frontal headaches, vertigo,and epileptiform attacks. History.—This disease has been recog-nized for a century. In 1S71, Leber pub-lished an exhaustive monograph on thesubject, collected all the cases in literatureup to that time and gave to the conditionthe name of hereditary optic atrophy. Onset.—It is usually quite rapid, but thetime may vary from a week or two to. RIGHT EYE. 0 .^** eo. «0 «0l 100 100 120 ,zi
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