Table 2.
Diagnosis of pathology.
| Type of pathology | Type of visual field impairment |
|---|---|
| Posterior visual pathway (stroke, pituitary adenoma, arteriovenous malformation, and tumour metastases) | Homonymous hemianopia |
| Homonymous quadrantanopia | |
| Bitemporal hemianopia | |
| Bitemporal quadrantanopia | |
|
| |
| Anterior visual pathway (papilloedema, optic neuritis, and idiopathic intracranial hypertension) | Enlarged blind spot |
| Constriction | |
|
| |
| Functional—no pathology detected on investigation | Constriction |
| Spurious loss—nonspecific | |
|
| |
| Normal—no pathology detected on investigation | No visual field loss |