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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Hemianopia
Bitemporal
Superior temporal quadrants involved first
Pituitary adenoma, meningioma, carotid aneurysm
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Sphenoid sinus mucocele
Inferior temporal quadrants involved first
Craniopharyngioma
Third ventricular tumour

Homonymous
Involvement of:
Optic tract or
Optic radiation (in parietal or temporal lobes) or
Occipital cortex by: CVA (sudden): stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
Masses: gliomas, metastasis, abscess


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