Hemianopic visual field loss as the first clinical evidence of occipital arteriovenous malformation.
A 43-year-old patient presenting with a highly congruous homonymous hemianopia was shown by neuro-imaging to have a very large arteriovenous malformation of the brain. The significance of finding this visual field defect, its unusual cause and the absence of symptoms other than longstanding migraine with aura are discussed.
Gutteridge
Ian F
IF
Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
McDonald
Robert A
RA
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000209:etiology; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields