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Heteronymous Visual Field Defect

MedGen UID:
856582
•Concept ID:
C3896988
•
Finding

Definition

A bilateral visual field defect on opposite sides of the visual space of each eye (right or left). [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHeteronymous Visual Field Defect

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Macular ganglion cell complex thinning in children with visual field defects due to central nervous system pathology.
Noval S, Henríquez-Recine MA, Contreras I, Galdós M, Zafra B, Barrio-Barrio J, Carceller F
Eye (Lond) 2020 Sep;34(9):1570-1576. Epub 2019 Nov 13 doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0650-5. PMID: 31723247Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Bitemporal hemianopia; its unique binocular complexities and a novel remedy.
Peli E, Satgunam P
Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2014 Mar;34(2):233-42. doi: 10.1111/opo.12118. PMID: 24588535Free PMC Article
Lymphocytic adenohypophysitis simulating a pituitary adenoma in a pregnant woman.
Vizner B, Talan-Hranilović J, Gnjidić Z, Sekso M, Berković M, Altabas V, Rumboldt Z
Coll Antropol 2002 Dec;26(2):641-50. PMID: 12528294

Prognosis

Macular ganglion cell complex thinning in children with visual field defects due to central nervous system pathology.
Noval S, Henríquez-Recine MA, Contreras I, Galdós M, Zafra B, Barrio-Barrio J, Carceller F
Eye (Lond) 2020 Sep;34(9):1570-1576. Epub 2019 Nov 13 doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0650-5. PMID: 31723247Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Macular ganglion cell complex thinning in children with visual field defects due to central nervous system pathology.
Noval S, Henríquez-Recine MA, Contreras I, Galdós M, Zafra B, Barrio-Barrio J, Carceller F
Eye (Lond) 2020 Sep;34(9):1570-1576. Epub 2019 Nov 13 doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0650-5. PMID: 31723247Free PMC Article

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