Most common cause of coical blindness ?
Ans. is 'c' i.e., Bilateral occipital lobe infarction COICAL BLINDNESS Coical blindness (visual coex disease) is produced by bilateral occipital lobe lesions. Unilateral occipital lobe lesions typically produce contralateral macular sparing congruous homonymous hemianopia. Causes of coical blindness include: Vascular lesions producing bilateral occipital infarction are the commonest cause of coical blindness (e.g., embolisation of posterior cerebral aeries). Head injury involving bilateral occipital lobes is the second common cause. Tumours, primary (e.g., falcotentorial meningiomas, bilateral gliomas) or metastatic are rare causes. Other rare causes of coical blindness are migraine, hypoxic encephalopathy, Schilder's disease and other leukodystrophies.
Unilateral occipital lobe infarction
Bilateral temporal lobe infacion
Bilateral occipital lobe infarction
Unilateral temporal lobe infarction