PURPOSE To determine the sources of binocular visual field loss most strongly associated with falls in a cohort of older women. METHODS In the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, women with severe binocular visual field loss had an increased risk of two or more falls during the 12 months following the eye examination. The lens and fundus photographs of the 422 women with severe binocular visual ...

although uncommon, traumatic optic neuropathy (ton) is an important cause of visual loss. different therapeutic approaches including different dosages of steroids, surgical decompression of optic canal and observation alone have been suggested but there has been no conclusive evidence to establish a standard approach to this devastating cause of visual loss. to determine the effectiveness of in...

seven cases of visual field defects, caused by wartrauma were seen at farabi eye hospital. none were referred by a neurologist. four patients had 20/20 visions with normal fundi. one had 12/20, in both eyes, with normal fundi. two patients presented fundus changes. the visual field defects were seen in all these seven patients. four had homonymous hemianopia, one had bilateral field restriction...

  Abstract   Meningeal melanocytoma is a rare tumor of nervous system, which originates from leptomeningeal   melanocytes. The locations of melanocytoma in the nervous system are most frequently in the posterior fossa or along the spinal cord, and usually appear as an extra-axial mass. The manifestations of tumor are most often due to its compressing effect on adjacent nervous structures that c...