tunnel vision
Last reviewed 01/2018
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