Visual field defects: types
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Visual field defects: types. These cause enlargement of the blind spot and generalized constriction. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Retinal
- These cause enlargement of the blind spot and generalized constriction
- Central or cecocentral scotomas occur with lesions of papillomacular bundle
- Arcuate scotomas are seen with lesions of the temporal arcuate fibers
- Temporal field defects occur with lesions of the nasal fibers
Optic nerve
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Optic chiasma: with anterior chiasmal lesions
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Optic chiasma: with lesions of chiasmal body
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Optic tract
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Optic radiation
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Occipital cortex
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