What is "quadrantanopia"

n. (context medicine English) The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view

n. blindness in one fourth of the visual field

Quadrantanopia, quadrantanopsia, or quadrant anopia refers to an anopia affecting a quarter of the field of vision.

It can be associated with a lesion of an optic radiation. While quadrantanopia can be caused by lesions in the temporal and parietal lobes, it is most commonly associated with lesions in the occipital lobe. If Meyer's loop (temporal pathway) is lesioned, the vision loss is superior (colloquially referred to as "pie in the sky"); if optic radiation (parietal pathway) is lesioned, the vision loss is inferior.