Hemifield slide phenomenon in a patient with bitemporal hemianopia

Authors

  • Tak-chuen Ko Department of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
  • Patrick KW Wu Department of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
  • Bonny KK Lo Department of Ophthalmology, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12809/hkjo-v3n1-152

Abstract

Pituitary tumor is by far the most common perichiasmal tumor. It can compress the chiasm resulting in visual field defect, classically bitemporal hemianopia. A dense bitemporal hemianopic scotoma can cause hemifield slide phenomenon. This brief report describes a patient with this phenomenon resulting in nonparetic diplopia. With orthoptic training, double vision was successfully eliminated; single vision was restored with a nearly full binocular field.

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Published

1999-12-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (1999)

Section

Brief Report

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Hemifield slide phenomenon in a patient with bitemporal hemianopia. Hong Kong J Ophthalmol [Internet]. 1999 Dec. 1 [cited 2026 Jul. 27];3(1):48-50. Available from: https://hkjo.hk/index.php/hkjo/article/view/152

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