Monocular temporal hemianopia in a young patient

A 12-year-old girl presented with a history of sudden visual hemi-field loss in the left eye. The visual field defect was a clear-cut temporal hemianopia in the left eye; eye was normal. Complete eye examination and neuro-imaging of brain and opto-chiasmal region revealed normal structural findings....

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Published inTurkish journal of pediatrics Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 98 - 100
Main Authors Acaroğlu, Gölge, Güven, Alev, Ileri, Dilek, Zilelioğlu, Orhan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Turkey 01.01.2004
Subjects
Child
Female
Hemianopsia - diagnosis
Hemianopsia - etiology
Humans
Visual Field Tests
Visual Fields
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Summary:A 12-year-old girl presented with a history of sudden visual hemi-field loss in the left eye. The visual field defect was a clear-cut temporal hemianopia in the left eye; eye was normal. Complete eye examination and neuro-imaging of brain and opto-chiasmal region revealed normal structural findings. The visual field defect was suspected to be non-organic. This assumption was proven to be the diagnosis when simultaneous binocular fields showed the same pattern, although the contralateral eye's nasal hemi-field was intact. This symptom was alleviated by reassurance and placebo treatment.
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ISSN:0041-4301