Checkerboard Visual Field Defect in Occipital Stroke.

A 74-year-old man with vasculopathic risk factors presented to the emergency room with a chief complaint of peripheral vision loss resulting from an intracranial hemorrhage in his right parietal and occipital lobes. Urgent craniotomy and ventriculostomy led to a stable clinical condition with subsequent development of a crossed quadrant homonymous hemianopsia (checkerboard visual field) due to a new right parieto-occipital infarct superimposed on a prior left occipital infarct. This uncommon visual field defect represents juxtaposed homonymous quadrantanopias that produce a striking checkerboard appearance that is almost pathognomonic for bilateral occipital lesions.

Citation

Sarah Kamal, Bayan A Al Othman, Ashwini T Kini, Andrew G Lee. Checkerboard Visual Field Defect in Occipital Stroke. Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. 2020 Jun;40(2):e13-e14

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PMID: 32028451

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