[Clinical signs in vascular accidents of the retrochiasmatic pathways]

Oftalmologia. 2003;57(2):59-62.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the neuroophthalmologic signs which accompanies ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebral vascular accidents. This study was carried out on 110 patients, for three years. Most of the neuroophthalmologic signs, such as hemianopic deficits, have accompanied the ischemic vascular accidents. Hypertension was the most frequent cause of this vascular damages. The neuroophthalmologic signs were predominant at male, in comparison to female, in all the years studied. As the value of the etiological factory rise, rise also the incidence of the cerebral vascular damages accompanied with neuroophthalmologic signs.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Ischemia / complications
  • Computer Graphics
  • Female
  • Hemianopsia / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stroke / complications*
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Visual Fields
  • Visual Pathways / blood supply*