| Title |
Checkerboard Visual Field Defect in Occipital Stroke |
| Creator |
Sarah Kamal; Bayan A. Al Othman; Ashwini T. Kini; Andrew G. Lee |
| Affiliation |
McGovern Medical School (SK), Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (BAAO, ATK, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), Texas A and M College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa |
| Abstract |
A 74-year-old man with vasculopathic risk factors presented to the emergency room with a chief complaint of peripheral vision loss resulting from an intracranial hemorrhage in his right parietal and occipital lobes. Urgent craniotomy and ventriculostomy led to a stable clinical condition with subsequent development of a crossed quadrant homonymous hemianopsia (checkerboard visual field) due to a new right parieto-occipital infarct superimposed on a prior left occipital infarct. This uncommon visual field defect represents juxtaposed homonymous quadrantanopias that produce a striking checkerboard appearance that is almost pathognomonic for bilateral occipital lesions. |
| Subject |
Aged; Cerebral Infarction / complications; Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis; Hemianopsia / diagnosis; Hemianopsia / etiology; Hemianopsia / physiopathology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods; Male; Occipital Lobe; Visual Field Tests / methods; Visual Fields / physiology |
| Date |
2020-06 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Source |
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, June 2020, Volume 40, Issue 2 |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jm814x |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
1592938 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jm814x |
