Occipital lobe infarctions

Perimetry and computed tomography

Spector, Robert H. M.D.
Glaser, Joel S. M.D.
David, Noble J. M.D.
Vining, Donald Q. M.D.

Department of Neurology. Emory University School of Medicine. Atlanta, GA (Dr Spector). and the Department of Neurology (Dr. David). Ophthalmology (Dr. Glaser). and Radiology (Dr Vining). University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Spector. Emory University Clinic. 1365 Clifton Road, KE., Atlanta. GA 30322.

Accepted for publication December I, 1980.

Neurology 31(9):p 1098-1106, September 1981.

Article abstract

Seven patients, each with a different pattern of homonymous visual loss caused by ischemic infarction of the occipital lobe, were studied with computed tomography. The retinotopic representation of the visual field on the occipital lobes, as determined by these studies, fully confirms those deduced by previous investigators.