Atypical visual field defect caused by occipital tip cerebral infarction: a case report
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DOI:10.12419/j.issn.1000-4432.2023.03.13
Publication Date:2023-03-01
Author(s):
LI Xuanlong ,CHEN Xiyun ,WEI Shihui ,ZHOU Huanfen
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Author(s):
LI Xuanlong ,CHEN Xiyun ,WEI Shihui ,ZHOU Huanfen
Institution/Unit:
1.Chinese PLA Medical School
2.The Third Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital
Keywords
posterior visual pathway
visual cortex
infarction of occipital lobe
visual field defect
homonymous hemianopsia
neurological symptoms
Abstract
The disease of the posterior visual pathway is a kind of lesion in which the visual pathway itselfor its adjacent structure changes after optic chiasma causes pathological changes, resulting in changes in visual function. Neuro-ophthalmologists are familiar with symmetrical ipsilateral hemianopia caused by occipital lobe lesions, but occipital tip (the last part of the striatal cortex) lesions produce central symmetrical homonymous scotomas, which can easily be overlooked or misdiagnosed. This article reported a case of an olderly male patient treated with decreased binocular visual clarity and distortion. Ophthalmology examination: best corrected visual acuity: 0.8 in the right eye, 1.0 in the left eye; FM-100 examination indicated severe dyschromatopsia; cranial magnetic resonance imaging: infarction of bilateral occipital lobe (right portion of the occipital tip and left anterior portion of striate cortex); 24-2 Humphrey field examination showed a tendency of homonymous scotoma in bilateral eyes (atypical); 10-2 Humphrey field examination showed homonymous hemianopia (scotoma) in the central visual field. These results confirm a diagnosis of the disease of the posterior visual pathway. As an important part of neuro-ophthalmology, the posterior visual pathway can cause various characteristic visual field defects, which can be accompanied by advanced visual dysfunction and other neurological symptoms and signs. The diagnosis and treatment process of this case of occipital tip cerebral infarction with symmetrical homonymous blind spot accompanied by color vision changes suggests that attention should be paid to the diversity of visual field changes and other visual functional abnormalities in the posterior visual pathway lesions, so as to improve the early diagnosis rate and prognosis of the patient s.
(A)Cranial vascular MRA shows the stenosis of basilar artery initial portion(black arrow); (B, C)Cranial MRI shows that T2 hyperintensity is seen in both occipital lobes and consistent with occipital infarction (white arrow).
(A)Fundus color photo: Clear boundary of optic disc with good color in bilateral eyes; (B)The results of F-VEP showed that the peak of P2 wavewas delayed in bilateral eyes, and the peak of P2 wave in right eye was lower than that in left eye; (C, D) OCT examination showed no obvious abnormalities in RNFL of optic disc and ganglion cells of macular area.
图3 双眼24-2及10-2 Humphrey自动视野检查
Figure 3 24-2 and 10-2 program Humphrey automatic visual field examination of bilateral eyes
24-2 program Humphrey automatic visual field examination(upward: grey-scale plot; downward: pattern deviation plot): A: central field scotoma in left eye(homonymous scotoma tendency, September 1, 2020), B: central scotoma in right eye (in superior nasal visual field, and several scotomas in bilateral eyes with unclear tendency, February 14, 2022); 10-2 program Humphrey automatic visual field examination: C: left homonymous hemianopia; (homonymous scotoma, February 14, 2022).
图4 头颅MRI检查
Figure 4 Cranial magnetic resonance imaging
头颅MRI(2022-0218)提示:双侧枕叶梗死(箭头)。
Cranial magnetic resonance imaging(February 18, 2022): Infarction of bilateral occipital lobe(arrow).
图5 Goldmann动态视野检查
Figure 5 Goldmann kinetic perimeter
Goldmann动态视野检查提示:右眼颞侧新月状视野缺损。
Goldmann kinetic perimeter: Visual field defect of temporal crescent of right eye.
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