Visual field defects Flashcards by Alexander Kyriakou-Haniche | Brainscape

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Homonymous hemianopia

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If full -> optic radiation
if incongruous -> optic tract

Causes -> CVA, Trauma or tumour

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Bitemporal hemianopia

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Tumours at optic chiasm

Pituitary tumours -> compress from below -> affects upper field first
Craniopharyngioma -> compress from above -> affects lower field first

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Superior homonymous quadrantinopia

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Temporal lobe lesion

Causes -> CVA, trauma, tumour or surgery

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Inferior homonymous quadrantinopia

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Parietal lobe lesion

Causes -> CVA, trauma, tumour or surgery

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