Physical examination maneuver
Physical Exam
Visual Field Testing
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Sit or stand facing the patient about a meter away at eye level. Ask the patient to cover one eye and to look at your opposite eye. Present a number of fingers or wiggling fingers in each of the four visual field quadrants of the eye, midway between you and the patient, and ask them to report when and how many they see, comparing their visual field with your own. Then, test all four visual field quadrants of the other eye.
How to Interpret
Showing 2 of 6 findings
Temporal Lobe Lesion
Homonymous quadrantanopia (superior vs inferior quadrant loss)
Rule in
Somewhat helpfulWide CI
Rule out
InconclusiveWide CI
Evidence:Moderate
Visual Field Defect
Visual field defect detected on confrontation testing
Rule in
HelpfulDerived CI
Rule out
Somewhat helpfulDerived CI
Evidence:Moderate
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