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Medical Definition of Caecocentral scotoma
1. A scotoma involving the optic disk area (blind spot) and the papillomacular fibres; there are three forms: 1) the caecocentral defect which extends from the blind spot toward or into the fixation area; 2) angioscotoma; 3) glaucomatous nerve-fibre bundle scotoma, due to involvement of nerve-fibre bundles at the edge of the optic disk. See: Bjerrum's scotoma, Ronne's nasal step. (05 Mar 2000)