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Tunnel vision

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Tunnel vision is the concentric diminution of the visual fields.

Possible causes of tunnel vision include:

  • glaucoma
  • some types of optic atrophy, e.g. tabes dorsalis
  • papilloedema
  • retinal abnormalities, e.g. retinitis pigmentosa, choroido-retinitis
  • acute ischaemia, e.g. migraine
  • bilateral lesions of the anterior calcarine cortex
  • hysteria

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