title: Traumatic occipital meningoencephalocele presenting with homonymous hemianopia in a professional driver.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study presents the case of a 32-year-old male who is a chronic headache sufferer. He is a professional driver who presented with homonymous hemianopia secondary to a traumatic occipital meningoencephalocele. This is the first time such an association has been reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The complete lack of previous visual symptoms supports the belief of late development of the hemianopia. However, the chronicity and the nature of the patients' headaches could have justified further investigations in the past.
authors.affiliation: Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Athanasiadis
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Lazaridou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assaf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology