When the left brain is not right the right brain may be left: report of personal experience of occipital hemianopia

Objectives-To make a personal report of a hemianopia due to an occipital infarct, sustained by a professor of neurology. Methods-Verbatim observation of neurological phenomena recorded during the acute illness. Results-Hemianopia, visual hallucinations, and non-occipital deficits without extraoccipital lesions on MRI, are described and discussed. Conclusions-Hemianopia, due to an occipital infarct, without alexia, is not a disability which precludes a normal professional career. Neurorehabilitation has not been necessary.