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The broken visual field that sometimes accompanies a migraine - what is the medical name for it?

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Scotoma: Migraine affecting the circulation to the occipital lobe, the part of the brain processing visual information, commonly causes a greying out of a portion of one side of the field surrounding by sparkling light. The greyed out portion is termed a scotoma. Fortunately these tend to be short term and end with no permanent change.

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Answered 3/26/2013

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