Binasal visual field defects caused by temporal posterior subcapsular cataracts

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Kelsey Moody Mileski, Emory University; Valerie Biousse, Emory University; Nancy Newman, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2021-01-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2021 Taiwan J Ophthalmol
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_83_20
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 101
• End Page: 103
• Grant/Funding Information: V.B. and N.J.N. are supported in part by NIH/NEI core grant P30-EY06360 (Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine) and by NIH/NINDS (RO1NSO89694).
• Keywords: visual field defects; Cataract; ophthalmology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Opthamology; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

A 55-year-old female presented with binasal visual field defects and normal neuro-ophthalmic examination. Slit-lamp examination demonstrated posterior subcapsular cataracts that were located temporally in the visual axis. Due to the location of the nodal point in the eye, her visual field defect was contralateral to the opacity. Her visual field defects resolved after cataract surgery.