Bilateral superior altitudinal hemianopia: missing the goal, but hitting the stroke cause.

Title:: Bilateral superior altitudinal hemianopia: missing the goal, but hitting the stroke cause.
Document type:: Case Reports; Journal Article
Author(s):: Etgen, T; Köhler, M; Sander, D
Abstract:: Bilateral superior altitudinal hemianopia is an uncommon clinical presentation of ischemic stroke. We report a patient who had an ischemic stroke with a pure bilateral superior altitudinal hemianopia resulting from bilateral ischemia in the optic radiation. This symptom was first overlooked and a delusion was suspected. A thorough clinical examination is essential to avoid any misdiagnosis or to overlook correct treatment.
Journal title abbreviation:: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
Year:: 2010
Journal volume:: 19
Journal issue:: 2
Pages contribution:: 165-6
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.03.018
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20189094
Print-ISSN:: 1052-3057
TUM Institution:: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie; Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
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