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Bitemporal hemianopsia | |
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Other names | Bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia or Bitemporal hemianopia |
Specialty | Ophthalmology |
Bitemporal hemianopsia is the medical description of a type of partial blindness where vision is missing in the outer half of both the right and left visual field. It is usually associated with lesions of the optic chiasm, the area where the optic nerves from the right and left eyes cross near the pituitary gland.[1][2]