@article{ref1,
title="Traumatic bitemporal hemianopia",
journal="Seminars in ophthalmology",
year="2007",
author="Marriott, Elizabeth and Jay, Walter M.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="3-7",
abstract="A 45-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle moving at high speed. Upon initial assessment, the patient scored a 3T on the Glasgow Coma Scale. The patient suffered multiple facial and sinus fractures, a right orbital wall fracture, and a depressed open frontal skull fracture with visible brain parenchyma. Due to the nature of the brain injury, the patient was taken to the operating room emergently for a right frontal craniectomy. The patient required prolonged hospitalization followed by transfer to a rehabilitation facility. Six weeks after the accident, the patient underwent an extensive neuro-ophthalmologic evaluation. At that time, visual acuity was 20/200 in both eyes. On visual field testing, a bitemporal hemianopia was noted. Ophthalmoscopic examination revealed bilateral temporal disc pallor, right greater than left. Neuroimaging demonstrated damage to the optic chiasm. Although rare, head trauma may cause a bitemporal hemianopia secondary to optic chiasmal injury.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0882-0538",
doi="10.1080/08820530601182543",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08820530601182543"
}