Book chapter
Perimetry and visual field defects
Handbook of Clinical Neurology, pp.51-77
Elsevier Health Sciences
2021
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821377-3.00003-9
PMID: 33832687
Abstract
Perimetry is the quantitation of the visual field. This is done with a perimeter and usually involves measuring visual thresholds to a range of light stimuli. It is used clinically to map patterns of visual loss due to damage to the sensory visual system. This chapter discusses the types of perimetric testing and the psychophysics of perimetry. This is followed by the interpretation of perimetric results, the relevant visual system anatomy, and patterns of loss helpful for neurologic localization. Lastly, the difficult issue of deciding whether the visual field has changed is reviewed.
Patterns of visual loss are the key to anatomic diagnosis. Strictly monocular defects map to the prechiasmal sensory visual system. Bitemporal hemianopia is the signature of damage to the optic chiasm. Incongruous homonymous hemianopia points to an optic tract lesion. The closer a lesion gets to the occipital cortex, the more congruous or similar are the patterns of homonymous hemianopia. Understanding these patterns, the basics of perimetry and other rules of localization will add an important dimension to the neurologist's localization arsenal.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Perimetry and visual field defects
- Creators
- Michael Wall - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology, pp.51-77
- Publisher
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-821377-3.00003-9
- PMID
- 33832687
- eISSN
- 2212-4152
- ISSN
- 0072-9752
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984187132902771
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