25th December 2023

Causes of neurological visual field defects

• Tumours
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Meningioma
  • Lymphoma
  • metastases
• Infection
  • Intracerebral abscess
• Inflammation/infiltration
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Histiocytosis
  • Lymphocytic hypophysitis
• Vascular
  • Stroke
  • Pituitary apoplexy
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Intracranial aneurysm
• Trauma

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons (2017). Hemianopsio eo, Licensed under a creative commons licence. Available for free at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hemianopsio_eo.png (Accessed on: 15  May 2022).

1 – right monocular vision loss 2 – bi-temporal homonymous hemianopia 3. Left complete homonymous hemianopia 4. Left superior homonymous quadrantopia 5 – Left inferior homonymous quadrantopia with macula sparing 6 – left superior quadrantopia with macula sparing.