[Hemianopsia with preservation of temporal crescent and occipital infarction]

M Ceccaldi; M Brouchon; J Pelletier; M Poncet

[Hemianopsia with preservation of temporal crescent and occipital infarction]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1993;149(6-7):423-5.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Ceccaldi¹, M Brouchon, J Pelletier, M Poncet

Affiliation

¹ Service de Neurologie et de Neuropsychologie, CHU de la Timone, Marseille.

PMID: 8303165

Abstract

A 34-year-old man experienced a left homonymous hemianopsia due to an occipital infarction, with preservation of the temporal crescent on Goldmann perimetry. The cortical representation of the temporal crescent is discussed with regard to the location of the lesion imaged by magnetic resonance.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebral Infarction / complications*
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
Hemianopsia / etiology*
Humans
Male
Motion Perception
Occipital Lobe*
Visual Cortex / blood supply
Visual Fields
Visual Perception*