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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Occup Ther. 2010 Mar–Apr;64(2):268–278. doi: 10.5014/ajot.64.2.268

Table 2.

Brain injury and field loss characteristics of patients with hemianopia and quadrantanopia

Hemianopic Participants (N=22) n (%)
Etiology of brain injury, n (%)
 Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) 12 (54.6)
 Tumor 2 (9.1)
 Trauma 5 (22.7)
 Arteriovenous malformation 2 (9.1)
 Congenital brain abnormality 1 (4.5)
Laterality of field loss, n (%)
 Right 5 (22.7)
  Complete 1 (4.5)
  Incomplete 4 (18.2)
 Left 17 (77.3)
  Complete 8 (36.4)
  Incomplete 9 (40.9)
Macular sparing, n (%)
 Yes 8 (36.4)
 No 14 (63.6)
Quadrantanopic Participants (N=8) n (%)
Etiology of brain injury, n (%)
 Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) 6 (75.0)
 Tumor 1 (12.5)
 Congenital brain abnormality 1 (12.5)
Quadrant of field loss, n (%)
 Right superior 3 (37.5)
  Complete 2 (25)
  Incomplete 1 (12.5)
 Right inferior 1 (12.5)
  Complete 0 (0)
  Incomplete 1 (12.5)
 Left superior 2 (25)
  Complete 0 (0)
  Incomplete 2 (25)
 Left inferior 2 (25)
  Complete 0 (0)
  Incomplete 2 (25)