Clinical reasoning: acute-onset homonymous hemianopia with hyperglycemia: seeing is believing

Neurology. 2014 Apr 15;82(15):e129-33. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000308.

Abstract

A 32-year-old woman with a history of bipolar disorder, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and hypertension and a 4-year history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) presented with bifrontal headache, elevated blood sugars (>500 mg/dL), and abrupt-onset left homonymous hemianopia upon awakening. Vital signs included temperature 98.0°F, blood pressure 160/89 mm Hg, and heart rate 67 bpm. Neurologic examination showed dense left homonymous hemianopia with macular sparing and without other focal findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Hemianopsia / complications
  • Hemianopsia / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Hyperglycemia / complications
  • Hyperglycemia / diagnosis*