Homonymous hemianopia from infarction of the optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus in deep cerebral venous thrombosis

Hilary M Grabe; J Rajiv Bapuraj; Jeffrey R Wesolowski; Hemant Parmar; Jonathan D Trobe

doi:10.1097/WNO.0b013e318223d0a9

Homonymous hemianopia from infarction of the optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus in deep cerebral venous thrombosis

J Neuroophthalmol. 2012 Mar;32(1):38-41. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318223d0a9.

Authors

Hilary M Grabe¹, J Rajiv Bapuraj, Jeffrey R Wesolowski, Hemant Parmar, Jonathan D Trobe

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. hilaryg@med.umich.edu

PMID: 22330851
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318223d0a9

Abstract

A 20-year-old man developed right homonymous hemianopia, hemiparesis, and hemisensory loss from deep cerebral venous thrombosis in the setting of high altitude. Approximately 3 months later, brain MRI showed encephalomalacia of the left optic tract and lateral geniculate nucleus, as well as signal abnormalities of the internal capsule and posterolateral thalamus. Homonymous hemianopia has previously been described in 1 case after deep cerebral venous thrombosis but without detailed neuroimaging features.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Altitude Sickness / complications*
Brain Infarction / etiology*
Brain Infarction / pathology*
Brain Infarction / physiopathology
Geniculate Bodies / blood supply
Geniculate Bodies / pathology*
Geniculate Bodies / physiopathology
Hemianopsia / etiology*
Hemianopsia / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / complications*
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnosis
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / physiopathology
Visual Pathways / blood supply
Visual Pathways / pathology*
Visual Pathways / physiopathology
Young Adult