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Driving Simulation in the Clinic: Testing Visual Exploratory Behavior in Daily Life Activities in Patients with Visual Field Defects
Published on: September 18, 2012
Traumatic occipital meningoencephalocele presenting with homonymous hemianopia in a professional driver
I Athanasiadis1, M N Lazaridou, S Hamada
1Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Milton Keynes, UK.
Background:
This study presents the case of a 32-year-old male who is a chronic headache sufferer. He is a professional driver who presented with homonymous hemianopia secondary to a traumatic occipital meningoencephalocele. This is the first time such an association has been reported.
Conclusions:
The complete lack of previous visual symptoms supports the belief of late development of the hemianopia. However, the chronicity and the nature of the patients' headaches could have justified further investigations in the past.
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