Quadrantanopia

Implies that only the respective superior or inferior quadrant of the visual field is affected.

Anterior temporal lobectomy is often complicated by quadrantanopia. In some cases this can be severe enough to prohibit driving, even if a patient is free of seizures. These deficits are caused by damage to Meyers loop of the optic radiation, which shows considerable heterogeneity in its anterior extent. This structure cannot be distinguished using clinical magnetic resonance imaging sequences.

Optic radiation tractography by DTI could be a useful method to assess an individual patient's risk of postoperative visual deficit ¹⁾. ²⁾.