When fighting makes you see black holes instead of stars.
A young boxer developed a left homonymous hemianopia immediately after a blow to the head. A magnetic resonance image showed a lesion in the right lateral geniculata region that was consistent with a previous cerebral hemorrhage and was likely the cause of the visual field defect.
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Division of Ophthalmology, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195-5024, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D001914:Boxing; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male