Question2 - sammy10

[ArchivalUser]

A 65 year old man with a history of myocardial infarction and stroke presents with a visual distrubance. After extensive testing a left lower quadrantanopsia is detected. No other neurological findings are present. A CT scan is performed. Where will the CT most likely show a lesion?

A. Optic nerve
B. Optic tract
C. Right lateral geniculate nucleus
D. Right parietal lobe
E. Right temporal lobe

[ArchivalUser]

DDDDDDDDD

medial fibers loss

[ArchivalUser]

d...

[ArchivalUser]

DDDD

[ArchivalUser]

dd

[ArchivalUser]

Yep. The correct answer is D. Lesion of the right parietal lobe are supposed to cause lower left quadrantanopsia. The temporal lobe lesions will cause upper quadrantanopsia.