title: Homonymous hemianopia from infarction of the optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus in deep cerebral venous thrombosis.
abstract: A 20-year-old man developed right homonymous hemianopia, hemiparesis, and hemisensory loss from deep cerebral venous thrombosis in the setting of high altitude. Approximately 3 months later, brain MRI showed encephalomalacia of the left optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus, as well as signal abnormalities of the internal capsule and posterolateral thalamus. Homonymous hemianopia has previously been described in 1 case after deep cerebral venous thrombosis but without detailed neuroimaging features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. hilaryg@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Hilary M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Grabe
authors.forename: J Rajiv
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bapuraj
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wesolowski
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Trobe
mesh_terms: D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000150:complications*; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult