Where Is Bitemporal Hemianopia?
Bitemporal Hemianopsia, Is the Medical Description of a Type of Partial Blindness Where Vision Is Missing in the Outer Half of Both the Right and Left Visual...
Bitemporal hemianopsia, is the medical description of a type of partial blindness where vision is missing in the outer half of both the right and left visual field. It is usually associated with lesions of the optic chiasm, the area where the optic nerves from the right and left eyes cross near the pituitary gland.
Why do you get bitemporal hemianopia?
A bitemporal hemianopia is almost always caused by damage to the optic chiasm and can occur from the direct or indirect effects of a variety of lesions, including tumors,1 aneurysms,2 and, less frequently, inflammatory and ischemic diseases.
What is meant by bitemporal hemianopia?
Bitemporal hemianopsia (or bitemporal hemianopia) describes the ocular defect that leads to impaired peripheral vision in the outer temporal halves of the visual field of each eye.
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