A 66-year-old patient first noticed trouble with his right peripheral vision 2 weeks prior to presentation while he was playing golf. He also complained of more trouble with light to dark adaptation ...

We report a 23-year-old woman with right homonymous hemianopia and incomplete left inferior quadrantanopia and paracentral scotoma secondary to head trauma from a gunshot wound. The patient underwent ...

The correct diagnosis is homonymous hemianopia. Infants with a homonymous hemianopia can present with an anomalous head position where they turn their face ipsilateral to the visual field defect. It ...

With interest we read the letter by Mukherji and Burgess, in the May issue 2002 of Eye, pp 321–322. From experience, we know that attributing visual field loss to a certain cause may be a cumbersome ...

So if you had a stroke or injury to the left occipital lobe which is at the back of the brain, then there's a good chance that you'll have what's called a right-sided homonymous hemianopia, and that ...

A landmarking brain stimulation technique offers faster and accurate rewiring of brain communication networks, enhancing vision recovery in stroke affected people suffering from hemianopia. Over ...

Strokes are serious and life threatening medical emergencies that require immediate attention. They occur when blood supply to a section of the brain is temporarily cut off. This could be due to a ...

Hemianopia is a visual disorder in which the visually handicapped person is unable to see a part of the normal visual field of one or both eyes. What are hemianopic spectacles? Hemianopia is a visual ...

Although an uncommon condition, visual field loss should be considered in pediatric patients who present with a face turn. Children with AHP and visual field loss should be further evaluated with ...

This can cause issues with daily life going forward - such as disorientation in crowded places and difficulty seeing traffic in the street. By Fiona Callingham, Health Reporter specialising in medical ...