TY - JOUR T1 - Perceptual distortion around homonymous scotomas is not restricted to defects located in the right hemifield JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 799 LP - 799 DO - 10.1136/bjo.84.7.799f VL - 84 IS - 7 AU - AVINOAM B SAFRAN AU - BENEDICT RILLIET AU - N DE TRIBOLET AU - THEODOR LANDIS Y1 - 2000/07/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/84/7/799.7.abstract N2 - Editor,—In the February 1999 issue of theBJO, we reported that subjects presenting with a right homonymous paracentral scotoma experienced “filling in” of field defects and, as a result did not perceive their scotoma.1 Moreover, the subjects described in our study noted that, after a few seconds of steady fixation, a perceptual distortion occurred in areas surrounding the defect, as if images bordering the scotoma were pulled toward the centre of the defect. We suggested that this phenomenon was due to a process of plasticity in the visual cortex.In the same issue Dr Neil R Miller published a most interesting editorial devoted to our study, in which he raised a number of questions regarding the perceptual phenomena described.2In particular, he wondered whether distortion occurred with homonymous field defects on both sides of the visual space or only with right sided defects. A recent clinical observation … ER -