1. Visual Fields

2. Definition
Island of vision in sea of blindness. The peak of the island represents the point of highest acuity, the fovea while the “bottom less pit” represents the blind spot, the optic disc.

3. Normal Monocular & Binocular Field
Nasal side ° to 60°
Superior side - 60° to 70°
Inferior side - 70° to 80°
Temporal side - 100°to110°
Binocular:
Vertical field °
Horizontal field - 200°

4. Visual Field Testing
1.Stimuli: Testing the island of vision at various levels requires targets that vary in (a) Size(b) Intensity(c) Colour
2. Field Test Methods:
Kinetic; Mapping the contours of the island at different levels, resulting in one Isopter for each level tested.
Static; Vertical contours of the island along a selected meridian.

5. Clinical testing methods
Central fields - Below 30°
Peripheral fields – Above 30° to 360°
Central Fields:
Confrontation method
Amsler’s grid
Bjerrum’s screen
Peripheral Fields:
Listen perimeter
Goldmann perimeter

6. Defects
Retina
Glaucoma
Neuro

7. Retina Field defect Central Scotoma: * Central serious Retinopathy
* Macula Degeneration
* Macular Oedema ( any macular disease)
*Centro-cecal scotoma
* Toxic Amblyopia
* Stargadits

8. Central Scotoma & Centro-cecal

10. Field Defect Contraction & Tubler field * Retinitis pigmentosa
* High myopia
* CRAO with Sparing of cilioretinal artery

11. Contraction

12. Field Defect Altitudinal defect: * AION Depression:
* Retinal Detachment
Ring Scotoma:
* High myopia
* Aphakic spectacle correction
* Retinitis pigmentosa
* Pan retinal photocoagulation

13. Altitudinal defect

14. Ring Scotoma

15. Glaucoma Fields

17. Glaucoma Field defect Isopter contraction:
Peripheral Isopter contraction may be significantly smaller prior to any filed loss.
Baring of the blind spot:
It is also considered to be an early field defect in glaucoma.

18. Field defect Angio-scotomata:
Are long branching scotomata above or below the blind spot which are presumed to be resulted from shadow created by large retinal vessels and are felt to be an early change
Para central scotoma:
One or more isolated Para central scotomata develop in the Bjerrum or arcute area.

19. Para central scotoma

20. Field defect Seidel’s scotoma:
A sickle shape defect arises from the blind spot and tapers to a point in a curved course with concavity towards the fixation point.
Bjerrum’s or Arcute scotoma:
A relatively larger area of defect in the form of arching scotoma, which eventually fills the entire arcute area, from blind spot to the median raphe. With further progression, a double arcuate (ring or annular ) scotomata will develop.

21. Arcute Scotoma

22. Field defect Roenne’s nasal step:
The arcuate defects may not proceed at the same rate in the upper and lower portion of the eye. Consequently, a step-like defect is frequently created where the arcuate defects meet at the median raphe. This is called Roenne’s nasal step, and it is mostly superior nasal step as, Superior field is involve somewhat more frequently.

23. Field defect Contraction & Tubler field:
Generalized constriction of the peripheral field along with double arcuate scotoma- leads to Tubler field of vision in which only central vision remains clear.

25. Anatomy of the Visual Pathway
(i) The end-organ –It is the neural epithelium of the rods & cones
(ii) The first order neurone – It is bipolar cell with its axons in the inner layer of the retina.
(iii) The second order neurone – It is ganglion cell of the retina its axons passes in to the nerve fibre layer and along the optic nerve to the LGB
(iv) The third order nerurone – Originates in the cells of LGB, then travels by way of the optic radiations to the occipital cortex ( Visual centre)

27. The visual pathway thus consist of
Two Optic nerves
An Optic chiasma
Two Optic tracts
Two LGB
Two Optic radiation
Visual cortex on each side

28. Optic nerve
It extents from the lamina crib Rosa up to the optic chiasma
The total length of optic nerve- 3.5cm to5.5cm
it can be divided into four parts:
(i) Intra ocular part mm
(ii) Intra orbital part to 3cm
(iii) Intracanalicular part to10mm
(iv) Intracranial part cm

29. Diseases of the Optic nerve
Congenital & Hereditary
Traumatic
Tumour
Inflammatory
Toxic
Vascular Lesion

30. Congenital Mylinated nerve fiber defect Coloboma Hypoplasia Drusen
Optic nerve pits
Tilted disc

31. Field defects Mylinated nerve fiber *Blind spot enlargement
*Paracecal scotoma
*Ring scotoma
*Central scotoma
Coloboma
*Superior nasal depression
*Contraction
*Superior altitudinal hemianopia

32. Field defect Hypoplasia: * Central Scotoma
* Binasal&Bitemporal hemianopia * Bilateral inferior extension of blind spot
Drusen:
* Blind spot enlargement
* Irregular nerve fiber bundle scotoma

33. Field defect Optic nerve pits:
* Blind spot enlargement with or without macula involvement.
* Central scotoma
* Altitudinal hemianopia
* Upper temporal field defect
Tilted disc:
* Upper temporal defect which may be mistaken for chiasmal compression.

34. Hereditary Field defect
Optic atrophy (Lepers)
* Contraction
* Tubler Field
Retinitis Pigmentosa
* Ring scotoma
* Tubler field

35. Traumatic Field defect
Traumatic optic neuropathy:
* Superior altitudinal defect
* Total Blind

36. Tumour Field defect Glioma: * Blind spot enlargement * Contraction
* Tubler field
Meningioma:
* Junctional scotoma
* Central scotoma
* Upper temporal field defect

37. Inflammatory Field defect
Papillitis:
* Central scotoma
* Centro-cecal scotoma
* Para central scotoma
* Blind spot enlargement
Retro bulbar neuritis:
* Sectoral scotoma
* Ring scotoma
Neuro retinitis:
* Central Scotoma
* Centro- cecal scotoma

38. Toxic Field defect Mild Toxic : * Central scotoma
* Centro- cecal scotoma (BE)
Severe Toxic :
* Peripheral contraction
* Total blind

39. Vascular lesion Field defect
Anterior Ischemic optic neuropathy:
* Altitudinal hemianopia
( mainly involving the inferior half)

40. Lesion due to pressure Papilloedema: * Blind spot enlargement
* Peripheral contraction
* Total loss of visual field

41. Chiasma Field defect Infra chiasmatic lesion: * Bitemporal hemianopia
Supra chiasmatic lesion:
* Central hemianopic scotoma
* Junctional scotoma
* One eye is more field defect and other is less field defect (inferior temporal)

42. Bitemporal hamianopia

43. Field defect Posterior side: * Infra Temporal field defect
* Bilateral inferior quadrant scotoma ( near fixation point)
* Bitemporal hemianopia

44. Optic Tract Field defect
Part I:
* Homonymus hemianopia
Part II:
* Incongruous hemianopia

45. RE Homonymous hemianopia

46. LGB Field defect Congruous Homonymus lower Quadrantropia
Congruous Homonymus upper Quadrantropia

47. Optic radiation Field defect
Bie in the Sky ( superior homonymus quadrantropia )
Bie in the floor ( Inferior homonymus quadrantropia )

48. Visual Cortex Field defect
Congruous homonymus hemianopia
Congruous quadrantropia
Homonymus hemianopia with macula sparring
Homonymus hemianopia with macula splitting
Altitudinal hemianopia
Tubler field

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