Amaurotic Cat's Eye
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Amaurotic cat's eye is a term coined by Beer for a blind eye that gives a yellowish or yellowish-red reflection from the depth of the pupil, resembling a cat's eye in the dark. This condition occurs in young children with retinoblastoma and in eyes that have undergone uveitis or endophthalmitis with exudate in the vitreous body.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
AMAUROTIC CAT'S EYE, a name given by Beer to a blind eye that gives a yellowish or yellowish-red reflection from the depth of the pupil (resembling a glowing cat's eye in the dark). This condition is observed 1) in the eyes of small children during the development of a glioma (see) of the retina and 2) in eyes that have undergone uveitis or endophthalmitis (usually of metastatic nature in epidemic meningitis, influ-enza), with the deposition of voluminous exudate in the vitreous body. To the second group, united under the common name 'pseudoglioma,' also belong rarer cases of tuberculosis of the choroid, cysticercus, abscess of the vitreous body after injury, and organized hemorrhages in the vitreous body.
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“Amaurotic Cat's Eye.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/amaurotic-cats-eye/