Question
This following type of visual defect is characteristic of
A. Glaucoma
B. Optic neuritis
C. Pituitary tumor
D. Retinal detachment
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Correct Answer » C Explanation |
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Ans :C. Pituitary tumor
This condition is Bitemporal hemianopia
Bitemporal hemianopia
- It is usually due to chiasmatic disease (Central lesions of chiasma).
- The most common cause is a pituitary adenoma.
- Other causes are Parasellar or suprasellar lesions such as craniopharyngioma, meningioma, suprasellar aneurysms, glioma of optic chiasma and third ventricular dilatation.
Lesions of visual pathway
| No | Site of lesion | Causes | Features |
| 1 |
– |
– |
Normal |
| 2 | Optic nerve | Optic neuritis
Optic atrophy Sarcoidosis LHON Traumatic avulsion |
Complete blindness in affected eye
Loss of light reflex on the affected side and consensual reflex loss on the other side Near reflex present Central/paracentral scotoma |
| 3 | Central chiasma | Pituitary tumors (MCC)
Suprasellar aneurysm, Craniopharyngioma, Glioma of III ventricle |
Bitemporal hemianopia
Bitemporal hemianopic paralysis of pupillary reflexes |
| 3a | Lateral chiasma | Distension of 3rd ventricle,
Atheroma of post. communicating A |
Binasal hemianopia
Binasal hemianopic paralysis of pupillary reflexes |
| 4 | Optic tract
Geniculate body |
Syphilitic meningitis, gumma, tuberculosis, tumors of optic thalamus | Incongruous (contralateral) homonymous
hemianopia Contralateral Wernicke’s pupil (optic tract) |
| 5 | Optic radiations in
temporal lobe (inferior fibres) |
Superior quadrantic hemianopia (pie in the sky)
Normal pupillary reactions |
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| 5a | Optic radiations in
parietal lobe (Superior fibres) |
Inferior quadrantic hemianopia (pie on the floor)
Normal pupillary reactions |
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| 6 | Optic radiations | Homonymous hemianopia | |
| 7 | Anterior occipital
(visual) cortex |
Occlusion of posterior
cerebral artery |
Congruous homonymous hemianopia sparing macula |
| 8 | Tip of occipital cortex | Congruous homonymous macular defect |
