Bilateral homonymous hemianopia with sparing of central vision after subdural hematoma

Can J Neurol Sci. 1987 May;14(2):153-5. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100026299.

Abstract

A patient with bilateral homonymous hemianopia with preservation of the central vision, spatial disorientation and memory deficits secondary to bilateral occipital and mesial temporal infarctions, is presented. The cerebral damage followed a subdural hematoma with tentorial herniation and compression of both posterior cerebral arteries.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amnesia / etiology
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications
  • Hematoma, Subdural / complications*
  • Hemianopsia / etiology
  • Hemianopsia / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Occipital Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Fields*