Definition

• loss or reduction of vision in a portion of the visual field (the entire area visible when looking straight ahead, including peripheral vision).

Symptoms of Visual Field Defects:

• Difficulty with spatial awareness.
• Bumping into objects or difficulty navigating.
• Missing parts of text while reading.

Physical Exam

• Visual Field Confrontation

  

Ocular DDx

!RD - Retinal detachment

Vascular Neurological DDx

• Pre-chiasmal: Optic Neuropathy
  • AAION
    • !GCA - Giant Cell Arteritis
  • NAION
• Retro-chiasmal
  • !Ischemic Stroke (!MCA Stroke, !PCA Stroke)