Exotropia and face turn in children with homonymous hemianopia

J Neuroophthalmol. 2007 Dec;27(4):304-7. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31815b9c2a.

Abstract

Four children developed homonymous hemianopia, exotropia with the deviating eye pointing in the direction of the field defect, and a face turn toward the side of the defect following complete third cranial nerve palsy after brain tumor resection, an in utero middle cerebral artery infarction, nonaccidental head trauma, and a hemispherectomy for an intractable seizure disorder. We present evidence that the exotropia and face turn are part of an adaptive mechanism to increase the useful visual field.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Exotropia / physiopathology*
  • Face*
  • Female
  • Hemianopsia / etiology
  • Hemianopsia / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Visual Fields / physiology