Visual-field loss caused by sinusitis: a case report.
The author reports a case of visual-field loss that was not characterized by any direct compression or external signs of sinus disease. The patient's hemianopia was found to be associated with severe sinusitis, which had not been clinically apparent and which had not extended beyond the bony walls of the sinuses. Following surgical drainage of the affected sinuses, the hemianopia resolved immediately and completely.
Gouws
Pieter
P
West of England Eye Unit, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Rd., Exeter EX2 5DW, U.K. pieter@gouws.freeserve.co.uk
D000328:Adult; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015524:Sphenoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*