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hemianopia

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hemianopia /hemi·an·o·pia/ (-an-o´pe-ah) defective vision or blindness in half of the visual field of one or both eyes; loosely, scotoma in less than half of the visual field of one or both eyes.hemianop´ic
absolute hemianopia  blindness to light, color, and form in half of the visual field.
bilateral hemianopia  hemianopia affecting both eyes.
binasal hemianopia  that in which the defect is in the nasal half of the visual field in each eye.
binocular hemianopia  bilateral h.
bitemporal hemianopia  that in which the defect is in the temporal half of the visual field in each eye.
complete hemianopia  that affecting an entire half of the visual field in each eye.
congruous hemianopia  that in which the defect is approximately the same in each eye.
crossed hemianopia  heteronymous h.
heteronymous hemianopia  that affecting both nasal or both temporal halves of the field of vision.
homonymous hemianopia  that affecting the nasal half of the field of vision of one eye and the temporal half of the other.
nasal hemianopia  that affecting the medial half of the visual field, i.e., the half nearer the nose.
quadrant hemianopia , quadrantic hemianopia quadrantanopia.
temporal hemianopia  that affecting the lateral vertical half of the visual field, i.e., the half nearest the temple.

hemianopia
blindness in half of the visual field. Occurs with unilateral lesions of the optic tracts.

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Loss (b) Neglect Deficit Score Score 1 (c) Nil Nil Nil 114 * 4 * 2 (c) Nil Nil Nil 5 * 3 (d) Nil Nil Nil 116 3 4 (e) Left Nil Nil 115 3 5 Right Nil Right hemianopia 123 6 6 Nil Nil Nil 122 6 7 Nil Nil Nil 107 4 8 Nil Left Nil 114 5 9 Nil Nil Nil 122 6 10 Nil Nil Nil 108 4 11 Nil Right Right hemianopio 114 5 12 Nil Nil Nil 126 6 Gait Subject Gait Speed No.
The patient's hemianopia was found to be associated with severe sinusitis, which had not been clinically apparent and which had not extended beyond the bony walls of the sinuses.
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