When the left brain is not right the right brain may be left: report of personal experience of occipital hemianopia.
OBJECTIVE
To make a personal report of a hemianopia due to an occipital infarct, sustained by a professor of neurology.


METHODS
Verbatim observation of neurological phenomena recorded during the acute illness.


RESULTS
Hemianopia, visual hallucinations, and non-occipital deficits without extraoccipital lesions on MRI, are described and discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
Hemianopia, due to an occipital infarct, without alexia, is not a disability which precludes a normal professional career. Neurorehabilitation has not been necessary.
Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-5000, USA.
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D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011932:Reading; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology