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===Neurological causes of visual field defects=== * '''[[Cerebral palsy]]''': Field loss due to cerebral palsy may be hemianopic affecting even upper or lower half, central scotoma, peripheral scotoma, or islands of vision.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cerebral Palsy and Children with Vision and Hearing Loss |url=http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall98/cpvh.htm |website=www.tsbvi.edu}}</ref> * '''[[Epilepsy]]''': Although field defects are rarely associated with epilepsy,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=G |first1=Valli |last2=S |first2=Zago |last3=A |first3=Cappellari |last4=A |first4=Bersano |s2cid=22141996 |title=Transitory and Permanent Visual Field Defects Induced by Occipital Lobe Seizures |journal=Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences |language=en |date=1999|volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=321β5 |doi=10.1007/s100720050048 |pmid=10933442 }}</ref> defects may occur after temporal lobe surgery for epilepsy.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Manji |first1=H. |last2=Plant |first2=G. T. |title=Epilepsy surgery, visual fields, and driving: a study of the visual field criteria for driving in patients after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery with a comparison of Goldmann and Esterman perimetry |journal=Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry |date=1 January 2000 |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=80β82 |doi=10.1136/jnnp.68.1.80 |pmid=10601407 |pmc=1760599 |language=en |issn=0022-3050|doi-access=free }}</ref> * '''[[Periventricular leukomalacia]]''' (PVL): Bilateral inferior visual field defects may occur due to damage of the [[optic radiation]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kozeis |first1=N |title=Brain visual impairment in childhood: mini review |journal=Hippokratia |date=2010 |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=249β251 |pmid=21311632 |pmc=3031318 |issn=1108-4189}}</ref>
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