hemianopia

Also known as hemianopsia

Hemianopsia, or hemianopia, is a loss of vision or blindness (anopsia) in half the visual field, usually on one side of the vertical midline. The most common causes of this damage are stroke, brain tumor, and trauma.

Key facts

Medical condition.name: Hemianopsia
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Medical condition.caption: Paris as seen with full visual fields

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Research

5,404 papers

Homonymous Hemianopia and Vision Restoration Therapy.Neurologic clinics · 2017
Dissociations between perception and awareness in hemianopia.Restorative neurology and neuroscience · 2020
Idiopathic binasal hemianopia: case report and literature review.European journal of ophthalmology · 2021
Ameliorating Hemianopia with Multisensory Training.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
Homonymous Hemianopia With Normal Neuroimaging.JAMA ophthalmology · 2022

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Commons category: Hemianopsia
NCI Thesaurus ID: C118731

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Article

11 sections

Contents

Etymology
Types
Homonymous hemianopsia
Heteronymous hemianopsia
Other forms
Quadrantanopia
Visual neglect
Management
Notes
References
External links

This article deals only with permanent hemianopsia, and not with transitory or temporary hemianopsia, as identified by William Wollaston PRS in 1824. Temporary hemianopsia can occur in the aura phase of migraine.