title: Reversible hyperglycemic homonymous hemianopia.
abstract: We report a 67-year-old female diabetic with homonymous hemianopia as the presenting sign of nonketotic hyperglycemia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was abnormal with diffuse bilateral hyperintense white matter changes. A follow-up MRI scan 15 years later showed persisting abnormality. Her hemianopic visual field loss was reversed after correction of her hyperglycemia. Diabetes mellitus should be considered with the sudden onset of a homonymous hemianopia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York 10030, USA. mitchellmdj@verizon.net
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yancy
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saint Louis
authors.forename: Daniel F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Rosberger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020158:Hyperglycinemia, Nonketotic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging