Basic Human Neuroanatomy
A Clinically Oriented Atlas 
Case 46 Answers

1.  How would you describe this patient's visual field deficit? 

Left homonymous superior quadrantanopsia

2.  Damage to what area(s) of the brain could give rise to such a visual field defect?  Be sure to indicate the side of the brain involved. 

Right temporal loop of the optic radiations. 

Right inferior bank of the calcarine sulcus (Lingual gyrus, area 17)

3.  What specific structures are involved by the pathologic process in this case?

Right inferior bank of the calcarine sulcus (Lingual gyrus, area 17)

4.  In general, what type of pathologic process was involved in this case? 

Arteriovenous malformation involving the right lingual gyrus

5.  What diagnostic procedure(s) would you undertake at this point?


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