Visual field defect


Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:


Taxotomy

Supercategory
Visual loss
Subclassifications Epidemiology Clinical features
Bilateral enlarged blind spot None
Bitemporal hemianopia None
Unilateral scotoma None



Aetiology

Disorder Clinical features Associated features Investigations Disease modifying treatment available Time critical
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Headache
Seizure
Bilateral papilloedema
Weakness
Pregnancy
Crohn's disease
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Polycythaemia rubra vera
Nephrotic syndrome
Essential thrombocythaemia
Antithrombin deficiency
Protein C deficiency
Protein S deficiency
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
Myelofibrosis
Ulcerative colitis

Causative drugs