Visual Fields Lesions Flashcards
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Central Scotoma - inflammation of optic disc (Optic Neuritis) - inflammation of optic nerve (Retrobulbar Neuritis
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Retina
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Total blindness of one eye - complete lesion of optic nerve
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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
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Bitemporal Hemianopia: - pressure on optic chiasm by a pituitary tumor
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Right Homonymous Inferior Quadrantanopia: - partial involvement of the optic radiation by a lesion in the left parietal lobe.
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Right Homonymous Hemianopia: - lesion of the left optic tract
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Optic Tract
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Optic Nerve
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Occipital Lobe
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Right Homonymous Superior Quadrantanopia: - partial involvment of optic radiation by a lesion in the left temporal lobe (meyer’s loop)
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Right Nasal Hamianopia: - perichiasmal lesion (calcified internal carotid aretery)
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Optic Radiation
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Right Homonymous Hemianopia: - from a complete lesion of the left optic radiation
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Right Homonymous Hemianopia: - with macular sparing - resulting from posterior cerebral artery occlusion