Remote effect of optic tract trauma in the occipital lobe
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Neuroradiology - Case Report 2016
P: 19-22
March 2005

Remote effect of optic tract trauma in the occipital lobe

Diagn Interv Radiol 2005;11(1):19-22
1. Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University School of Medicine, Kozlu Zonguldak, Turkey
2. Department of Radiology, Tottori University School of Medicine,Yonago, Japan
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Received Date: 25.04.2003
Accepted Date: 05.12.2003
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ABSTRACT

Traumatic brain damage can result in severe visual impairments including hemianopia. Lesions correlated with hemianopia can be located in any part of the retrochiasmatic optic pathway. However, traumatic lesions of the optic tract are relatively rare. We present a case with posttraumatic left homonymous hemianopia who had signal intensity change at the ipsilateral optic tract on MR imaging and ipsilateral occipital hypoperfusion on SPECT imaging.

Keywords:
visual pathways, brain injuries, magnetic resonance imaging