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Incongruent Visual Field Defect

MedGen UID:
858367
•Concept ID:
C3898773
•
Finding

Definition

Non-identically shaped visual field defect in the same location in both eyes. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVIncongruent Visual Field Defect

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Neuro-ophthalmic evaluation and management of pituitary disease.
Wang MTM, Meyer JA, Danesh-Meyer HV
Eye (Lond) 2024 Aug;38(12):2279-2288. Epub 2024 Jul 22 doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03187-x. PMID: 39039214Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Visual Field Defect Patterns Associated With Lesions of the Retrochiasmal Visual Pathway.
Cho J, Liao E, Trobe JD
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Sep 1;42(3):353-359. Epub 2022 Jun 14 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001601. PMID: 36166759
Inhibition of return in children with Tourette's syndrome and comorbid forms: a preliminary study.
Yuen T, Bradshaw JL, Sheppard D, Lee P, Georgiou-Karistianis N
Child Neuropsychol 2005 Oct;11(5):393-411. doi: 10.1080/09297040590951541. PMID: 16306016
Visual field defects after temporal lobe resection: a prospective quantitative analysis.
Hughes TS, Abou-Khalil B, Lavin PJ, Fakhoury T, Blumenkopf B, Donahue SP
Neurology 1999 Jul 13;53(1):167-72. doi: 10.1212/wnl.53.1.167. PMID: 10408554
Visual field defects in vascular lesions of the lateral geniculate body.
Luco C, Hoppe A, Schweitzer M, Vicuña X, Fantin A
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992 Jan;55(1):12-5. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.1.12. PMID: 1548490Free PMC Article
Congruous and incongruous sectoral visual field defects with lesions of the lateral geniculate nucleus.
Shacklett DE, O'Connor PS, Dorwart RH, Linn D, Carter JE
Am J Ophthalmol 1984 Sep 15;98(3):283-90. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(84)90317-9. PMID: 6476052

Diagnosis

Visual Field Defect Patterns Associated With Lesions of the Retrochiasmal Visual Pathway.
Cho J, Liao E, Trobe JD
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Sep 1;42(3):353-359. Epub 2022 Jun 14 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001601. PMID: 36166759
Visual fields and optical coherence tomography (OCT) in neuro-ophthalmology: Structure-function correlation.
Donaldson L, Margolin E
J Neurol Sci 2021 Oct 15;429:118064. Epub 2021 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.118064. PMID: 34488042
Perimetry and visual field defects.
Wall M
Handb Clin Neurol 2021;178:51-77. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821377-3.00003-9. PMID: 33832687
Masquerading optic neuritis.
McVeigh K, Vakros G, Girgis R
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Aug 3;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210259. PMID: 26240099Free PMC Article
Congenital optic tract hypoplasia.
Hatsukawa Y, Fujio T, Nishikawa M, Taylor D
J AAPOS 2015 Aug;19(4):383-5. Epub 2015 Jul 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.03.018. PMID: 26228965

Therapy

Topiramate associated non-glaucomatous visual field defects.
Haque S, Shaffi M, Tang KC
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Sep;31:210-3. Epub 2016 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.03.002. PMID: 27229356
What's in a name?
Chu CK, Morgan ML, Almarzouqi S, Lee AG, Newman SA
Surv Ophthalmol 2016 Jan-Feb;61(1):95-101. Epub 2015 Jul 23 doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.07.002. PMID: 26212152
Masquerading optic neuritis.
McVeigh K, Vakros G, Girgis R
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Aug 3;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210259. PMID: 26240099Free PMC Article
An unusual cause of visual loss: involvement of bilateral lateral geniculate bodies.
Lefèbvre PR, Cordonnier M, Balériaux D, Chamart D
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004 Oct;25(9):1544-8. PMID: 15502135Free PMC Article
Foggy visual field defect.
Foroozan R, Buono LM
Surv Ophthalmol 2003 Jul-Aug;48(4):447-51. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(03)00051-1. PMID: 12850232

Prognosis

Neuro-ophthalmic evaluation and management of pituitary disease.
Wang MTM, Meyer JA, Danesh-Meyer HV
Eye (Lond) 2024 Aug;38(12):2279-2288. Epub 2024 Jul 22 doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03187-x. PMID: 39039214Free PMC Article
Topiramate associated non-glaucomatous visual field defects.
Haque S, Shaffi M, Tang KC
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Sep;31:210-3. Epub 2016 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.03.002. PMID: 27229356
Bilateral lateral geniculitis associated with severe diarrhea.
Greenfield DS, Siatkowski RM, Schatz NJ, Glaser JS
Am J Ophthalmol 1996 Aug;122(2):280-1. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72030-6. PMID: 8694107
Visual field defects in vascular lesions of the lateral geniculate body.
Luco C, Hoppe A, Schweitzer M, Vicuña X, Fantin A
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1992 Jan;55(1):12-5. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.1.12. PMID: 1548490Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Neuro-ophthalmic evaluation and management of pituitary disease.
Wang MTM, Meyer JA, Danesh-Meyer HV
Eye (Lond) 2024 Aug;38(12):2279-2288. Epub 2024 Jul 22 doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03187-x. PMID: 39039214Free PMC Article
Acquired prosopagnosia abolishes the face inversion effect.
Busigny T, Rossion B
Cortex 2010 Sep;46(8):965-81. Epub 2009 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.07.004. PMID: 19683710
Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in optic tract syndrome.
Tatsumi Y, Kanamori A, Kusuhara A, Nakanishi Y, Kusuhara S, Nakamura M
Jpn J Ophthalmol 2005 Jul-Aug;49(4):294-6. doi: 10.1007/s10384-005-0195-y. PMID: 16075328
Apparent glaucomatous visual field defects caused by dermatochalasis.
Kosmin AS, Wishart PK, Birch MK
Eye (Lond) 1997;11 ( Pt 5):682-6. doi: 10.1038/eye.1997.177. PMID: 9474318

Recent systematic reviews

Epilepsy surgery provides new insights in retinotopic organization of optic radiations. A systematic review.
van Baarsen KM, Porro GL, Wittebol-Post D
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2009 Nov;20(6):490-4. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283313c02. PMID: 19687738

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