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Homogeneous hemianopia is a characteristic change of the visual field in postchiasmatic visual pathway diseases, usually caused by vascular lesion, tumor, infection and trauma, etc. In general, the brain damage is considered to be irreversible. However, the following is a case of visual field damage that improved spontaneously. The mechanism for such spontaneous improvement will be analyzed.
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Xie, X., Fan, N., Wang, N. (2019). A Case of Spontaneously Improved Homonymous Hemianopia. In: Wang, N., Liu, X., Fan, N. (eds) Optic Disorders and Visual Field. Advances in Visual Science and Eye Diseases, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2502-1_55
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