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Balint Syndrome and Visual Allochiria in a Patient With Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2012, Volume 32, Issue 4
Date 2012-12
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 227367
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x383kt

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Title Balint Syndrome and Visual Allochiria in a Patient With Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Creator Walsh, Ryan D; Floyd, Jessica P; Eidelman, Benjamin H; Barrett, Kevin M
Affiliation Department of Neurology (RDW), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Department of Neurology (JPF, BHE, KMB), Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Abstract Balint syndrome (simultagnosia, optic ataxia, and ocular apraxia) is typically caused by pathology affecting the parietal-occipital regions bilaterally. Visual allochiria is an uncommonly reported symptom associated with parietal lobe pathology in which visual stimuli presented to one hemispace are transposed to the opposite side. We describe a patient with Balint syndrome and visual allochiria whose initial brain MRI demonstrated acute infarction of the right parietal-occipital region. Repeat imaging 9 days later revealed bilateral parietal-occipital infarctions consistent with the observed clinical syndrome. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome is introduced as a novel cerebrovascular etiology of Balint syndrome.
Subject Older people; Apraxias; Brain Diseases; Cerebral Cortex; Circle of Willis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Functional Laterality; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neuropsychological Tests; Perceptual Disorders; Vascular Diseases; Visual Fields
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 227345
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x383kt/227345
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