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A 50 year old man with a known history of stroke. He can’t remember anything about his life. What is the single most likely defect?

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A 50 year old man with a known history of stroke. He can’t remember anything about his life. What is the single most likely defect?


  1. Homonymous hemianopia
  2. Homonymous upper quadrantanopia
  3. Bitemporal hemianopia
  4. Binasal hemianopia
  5. Homonymous lower quadrantanopia

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The key is B. Homonymous upper quadrantanopia. [Memory processing occur in temporal lobe. So

as the patient lost memory his temporal lobe is involved. We know temporal lobe lesion causes

“homonymous upper quadrantanopia” which is the key here].

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