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[Vision disorders in retrochiasmatic lesions of the visual pathways]
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Anatomic elements of the retrochiasmatic pathway. Synopsis of homonymous pathway. Synopsis of homonymous hemianopia: unilateral forms [quadrant, total], bilateral forms [tunnel field, cerebral blindness], homonymous scotomas, horizontal hemianopsias, checkerboard hemianopsias, sparing of temporal crescent. Additional disorders: hemi-neglect, color agnosia, hemi-achromatopsia, alexia, abnormal optokinetic nystagmus, cog-wheel pursuit movement, hemianopic pupillary defect, statokinetic dissociation [Riddoch phenomenon], hallucinations, illusions, visual agnosia, prosopagnosia.