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Ophthalmology Miscellaneous 56970719

Lesion in left optic tract manifest as

A
Left unilateral blindness
B
Left bilateral hemianopia
C
Left homonymous hemianopia
D
Right homonymous hemianopia
High-Yield Explanation
(D) Right homonymous hemianopia # Lesions of optic tract: These are characterized by incongrous homonymous hemianopia associated with contralateral hemianopic pupillary reaction (Wernicke's reaction).> These lesions usually lead to partial descending opitic atrophy and may be associated with contralateral third nerve paralysis and ipsilateral hemiplegia.> Common causes of optic tract lesions are syphilitic meningitis or gumma, tuberculosis and tumours of optic thalamus and aneurysms of superior cerebellar or posterior cerebral arteries.

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