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Homonymous Visual Field Defect

MedGen UID:
858474
•Concept ID:
C3898880
•
Finding

Definition

A bilateral visual field defect on the same side of visual space of each eye (right or left). [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHomonymous Visual Field Defect

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Neuro-ophthalmic evaluation and management of pituitary disease.
Wang MTM, Meyer JA, Danesh-Meyer HV
Eye (Lond) 2024 Aug;38(12):2279-2288. Epub 2024 Jul 22 doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03187-x. PMID: 39039214Free PMC Article
Prognosis and Treatment of Visual Field Defects.
Agarwal A, Kedar S
Semin Neurol 2015 Oct;35(5):549-56. Epub 2015 Oct 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1563573. PMID: 26444400
When the patient says no. Management of exotropia with hemianopic visual field defects.
Gamio S, Melek N
Binocul Vis Strabismus Q 2003;18(3):167-70. PMID: 14521505

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Quantification of retinal ganglion cell loss in patients with homonymous visual field defect due to stroke.
Bianchi Marzoli S, Melzi L, Ciasca P, Raggi A, Bersano A, Casati C, Bolognini N
Neurol Sci 2023 Aug;44(8):2811-2819. Epub 2023 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06675-2. PMID: 36905449
Homonymous visual field defect and retinal thinning after occipital stroke.
Rashid AS, Rashid D, Yang G, Link H, Gauffin H, Huang-Link Y
Brain Behav 2021 Oct;11(10):e2345. Epub 2021 Sep 6 doi: 10.1002/brb3.2345. PMID: 34487632Free PMC Article
Homonymous hemi-macular atrophy of the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer with preserved visual function.
Lukewich MK, Schlenker MB, Micieli JA
J Neurol Sci 2020 Oct 15;417:117072. Epub 2020 Aug 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117072. PMID: 32763512
Rehabilitation of hemianopia.
Schofield TM, Leff AP
Curr Opin Neurol 2009 Feb;22(1):36-40. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32831f1b2c. PMID: 19155760
Stroke and driving.
Poole D, Chaudry F, Jay WM
Top Stroke Rehabil 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):37-41. doi: 10.1310/tsr1501-37. PMID: 18250072

Diagnosis

Quantification of retinal ganglion cell loss in patients with homonymous visual field defect due to stroke.
Bianchi Marzoli S, Melzi L, Ciasca P, Raggi A, Bersano A, Casati C, Bolognini N
Neurol Sci 2023 Aug;44(8):2811-2819. Epub 2023 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06675-2. PMID: 36905449
Homonymous hemi-macular atrophy of the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer with preserved visual function.
Lukewich MK, Schlenker MB, Micieli JA
J Neurol Sci 2020 Oct 15;417:117072. Epub 2020 Aug 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117072. PMID: 32763512
Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography in Patients With Visual Pathway Pathology.
Zehnder S, Wildberger H, Hanson JVM, Lukas S, Pelz S, Landau K, Wichmann W, Gerth-Kahlert C
J Neuroophthalmol 2018 Jun;38(2):172-178. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000589. PMID: 29210928
Inadequacy of self-assessment of vision, and fitness to drive.
Garfield J
Med Leg J 2017 Dec;85(4):207-209. Epub 2017 Jul 4 doi: 10.1177/0025817217718441. PMID: 28675066
Disorders of the optic tract, radiation, and occipital lobe.
Fraser JA, Newman NJ, Biousse V
Handb Clin Neurol 2011;102:205-21. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52903-9.00014-5. PMID: 21601068

Therapy

A case of oculomotor nerve palsy and choroidal tuberculous granuloma associated with tuberculous meningoencephalitis.
Moon S, Son J, Chang W
Korean J Ophthalmol 2008 Sep;22(3):201-4. doi: 10.3341/kjo.2008.22.3.201. PMID: 18784452Free PMC Article
Visual field changes after a rehabilitation intervention: vision restoration therapy.
Romano JG, Schulz P, Kenkel S, Todd DP
J Neurol Sci 2008 Oct 15;273(1-2):70-4. Epub 2008 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.06.026. PMID: 18672255
Occipital lobe infarction following cardiac ablation.
Mirza RG, Biller J, Jay WM
Semin Ophthalmol 2004 Sep-Dec;19(3-4):70-1. doi: 10.1080/08820530490509403. PMID: 15590538
Hemianopsia from occipital lobe abscess after dental care.
Wohl TA, Kattah JC, Kolsky MP, Alper MG, Horton JC
Am J Ophthalmol 1991 Dec 15;112(6):689-94. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)77276-9. PMID: 1957905
Posterior cerebral artery stenosis.
Pessin MS, Kwan ES, DeWitt LD, Hedges TR 3rd, Gale D, Caplan LR
Ann Neurol 1987 Jan;21(1):85-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.410210115. PMID: 3827217

Prognosis

Homonymous visual field defect and retinal thinning after occipital stroke.
Rashid AS, Rashid D, Yang G, Link H, Gauffin H, Huang-Link Y
Brain Behav 2021 Oct;11(10):e2345. Epub 2021 Sep 6 doi: 10.1002/brb3.2345. PMID: 34487632Free PMC Article
Driving with binocular visual field loss? A study on a supervised on-road parcours with simultaneous eye and head tracking.
Kasneci E, Sippel K, Aehling K, Heister M, Rosenstiel W, Schiefer U, Papageorgiou E
PLoS One 2014;9(2):e87470. Epub 2014 Feb 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087470. PMID: 24523869Free PMC Article
A case of oculomotor nerve palsy and choroidal tuberculous granuloma associated with tuberculous meningoencephalitis.
Moon S, Son J, Chang W
Korean J Ophthalmol 2008 Sep;22(3):201-4. doi: 10.3341/kjo.2008.22.3.201. PMID: 18784452Free PMC Article
Clinical features of occipital infarction.
Simpson DE
J Am Optom Assoc 1990 Jun;61(6):465-70. PMID: 2370412
Posterior cerebral artery stenosis.
Pessin MS, Kwan ES, DeWitt LD, Hedges TR 3rd, Gale D, Caplan LR
Ann Neurol 1987 Jan;21(1):85-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.410210115. PMID: 3827217

Clinical prediction guides

Homonymous visual field defect and retinal thinning after occipital stroke.
Rashid AS, Rashid D, Yang G, Link H, Gauffin H, Huang-Link Y
Brain Behav 2021 Oct;11(10):e2345. Epub 2021 Sep 6 doi: 10.1002/brb3.2345. PMID: 34487632Free PMC Article
Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography in Patients With Visual Pathway Pathology.
Zehnder S, Wildberger H, Hanson JVM, Lukas S, Pelz S, Landau K, Wichmann W, Gerth-Kahlert C
J Neuroophthalmol 2018 Jun;38(2):172-178. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000589. PMID: 29210928
Visual signs and symptoms in patients with the visual variant of Alzheimer disease.
Kaeser PF, Ghika J, Borruat FX
BMC Ophthalmol 2015 Jun 30;15:65. doi: 10.1186/s12886-015-0060-9. PMID: 26122482Free PMC Article
Driving with binocular visual field loss? A study on a supervised on-road parcours with simultaneous eye and head tracking.
Kasneci E, Sippel K, Aehling K, Heister M, Rosenstiel W, Schiefer U, Papageorgiou E
PLoS One 2014;9(2):e87470. Epub 2014 Feb 11 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087470. PMID: 24523869Free PMC Article
Pupillographic investigation of the relative afferent pupillary defect associated with a midbrain lesion.
Kawasaki A, Miller NR, Kardon R
Ophthalmology 2010 Jan;117(1):175-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.053. PMID: 19923003

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