Question 2: What is your assessment of the visual fields?

Question 2: What is your assessment of the visual fields?

Answer

This is a HVF 24-2 visual field for the right and left eye. There is an inferior hemi-field defect that respects the midline in the right eye and inferior quadrant visual field defect in the left eye. The inferior hemi-field defect in the right eye is also referred to as an altitudinal defect.

Altitudinal defects can be associated with several conditions including:

1. Ischaemic optic neuropathy
2. Optic neuritis
3. Compressive lesions including tumours, aneurysms, and other space-occupying lesions within the visual pathway
4. Hemibranch artery or vein occlusion
5. Advanced glaucoma

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