Retrograde trans-synaptic degeneration of visual pathway in an adult with head injury

Autor: Thomas Arun Varghese, Annamma James, Cigia Paul
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 210-212 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0976-6677
DOI: 10.4103/kjo.kjo_35_17
Popis: A 41-year-old male with a history of head injury 16 years previously but no visual deficit, presented with reading difficulty. Examination showed disc pallor bilaterally, and perimetry showed the left homonymous hemianopsia. Optical coherence tomography showed a reduction of retinal nerve fiber layer temporally in the right eye and nasally in the left eye correlating with the field defect. Magnetic resonance imaging brain showed atrophy of the right half of chiasma and right optic tract, indicating retrograde degeneration of the right visual pathway.
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