occipital war trauma and visual field defects

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zahra aalami-harandi

hormoz chams

چکیده

seven cases of visual field defects, caused by wartrauma were seen at farabi eye hospital. none were referred by a neurologist. four patients had 20/20 visions with normal fundi. one had 12/20, in both eyes, with normal fundi. two patients presented fundus changes. the visual field defects were seen in all these seven patients. four had homonymous hemianopia, one had bilateral field restriction, one patient had homonymous quadrianopia, one had unilateral restriction of the visual field, and the last one had bilateral loss of the inferior fields. the cat-scan of six patients indicated the lesion of occiput and occipital lobe. one patient had a diffuse cerebral lesion.

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acta medica iranica

جلد ۲۸، شماره ۱-۴، صفحات ۳۳-۴۵

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