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. 2018 Jul 31;10:47–63. doi: 10.2147/EB.S139417

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GCL analysis showing right hemiretinal thinning and left homonymous visual field loss caused by a lesion in the right optic tract.

Notes: This 30-year old woman with RRMS presented with difficulty seeing the beginning of words caused by a left quandrantanopic visual field defect. She had a left relative afferent visual field defect. GCL analysis shows a pattern of right hemiretinal loss (arrows) correlating with a right optic tract lesion.

Abbreviations: GCL, ganglion-cell layer; RRMS, relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis; IPL, internal plexiform layer.