06/15/2026
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A good moment to raise something that rarely comes up in the context of soccer.
Soccer ranks among the leading causes of sports-related eye injuries worldwide. Some of the most clinically significant ones involve the visual pathway rather than the eye itself.
Head-to-head collisions can damage the visual pathway without any visible injury to the globe. These collisions may produce characteristic visual field defects β quadrantanopia, localized scotomas β undetectable on routine ocular examination, but identifiable with dedicated perimetry.
For clinicians working with active patients, it's a mechanism worth testing for.
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