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Visual Field Defects Overview

The document discusses different types of visual field defects including bitemporal heteronymous hemianopia, right homonymous hemianopia, left optic nerve junctional scotoma, binasal heteronymous hemianopia, right superior quadrenopia, and right inferior quadrenopia. For each type of defect, it identifies where a potential lesion could be located to cause that visual field defect.

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Visual Field Defects Overview

The document discusses different types of visual field defects including bitemporal heteronymous hemianopia, right homonymous hemianopia, left optic nerve junctional scotoma, binasal heteronymous hemianopia, right superior quadrenopia, and right inferior quadrenopia. For each type of defect, it identifies where a potential lesion could be located to cause that visual field defect.

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Visual fields defects

Visual fields
Hetronymous / homonymous Hetronymous

Bitemporal hetronymous Where would be


hemianopia Lesion at
Optic chiasma
Visual fields
Hetronymous / homonymous Homonymous

Right homonymous Where is lesion ?


hemianopia Left optic tract
Visual fields
Hetronymous / homonymous Homonymous

Where is lesion ?

Left optic nerve


Junctional scotoma
Visual fields

Where is lesion ? Left optic nerve


Visual fields
Hetronymous / homonymous Hetronymous

Binasal hetronymous Where would be


hemianopia Lesion at
Optic chiasma
Visual fields
Hetronymous / homonymous Homonymous

Where would be
Right superior Lesion at
Quardrenopia Left temporal lobe
Optic radiation
Visual fields
Hetronymous / homonymous Hetronymous

Right Inferior Where would be


Quardrenopia Lesion at
Left parital lobe
Optic radiation

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