Altered perception of floaters in dementia causing selfinflicted injuries

• 作者: Steven Kane Syed Khurshid Gibran Will Griffeth
• 来源期刊: 国际眼科杂志：英文版
• 学科: 医学
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（7）
• 页码范围: 1181-1182
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: R77

摘要

<正>Dear Editor,A 74 years old male patient with history of Parkinson disease and vascular dementia presented to the eye clinic with his wife,who is his primary caregiver.The patient reported a multiple year history of complaining of'flies'around his head,which were a source of considerable agitation.He was so bothered by constantly seeing these flies that he carried a custom flyswatter with him(Figure 1)at all times.His