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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

False Positive Hemianopia.

Ravid Ben-Avi, Addy Nahum, Joshua M Kruger

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Article in Case reports in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravid Ben-AviDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Addy NahumGoldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Hospital, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Joshua M KrugerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hadassah Medical Center · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman was urgently referred for neuro-ophthalmic evaluation when a routine visual field test demonstrated a pattern of bilateral nasal hemianopia. Detailed inspection of the visual field study revealed the hemianopias to be artifactual for the following reasons: (1) it was performed with an excessive number of false positive responses; (2) the grey scale plot had white patches, consistent with abnormally high sensitivity; (3) the total deviation probability maps were normal, indicating that no tested points had poor scores. Confrontational visual field testing was normal in all zones for both eyes. Repeated visual field testing showed no evidence of a true hemianopia. Even automated visual fields with highly specific abnormalities can merely be testing artifact. Scrutinize all components of the report before determining the clinical implications.

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Bilateral hemianopiaBinasal hemianopiaVisual fields

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PMID35811774
PMCPMC9209951
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