Trauma-induced altitudinal hemianopsia.
A 55-year-old Caucasian female presented with bilateral inferior altitudinal visual field defects which resulted from trauma suffered in an automobile accident. In addition, there was a bilateral reduction in visual acuities and bilateral optic disc pallor. Diagnostic and historical data suggested that the primary site of damage was at the occipital cortex. A subsequent bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy process was also thought to have occurred.
D000531:Altitude; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014794:Visual Fields