| Title |
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Presenting as Balint Syndrome |
| Creator |
Kumar, Sunil; Abhayambika, Archana; Sundaram, Arun N E; James A. Sharpe, MD, FRCP(C) (1941-2013) |
| Affiliation |
Division of Neurology and Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Abstract |
Balint syndrome is a disorder of inaccurate visually guided saccades, optic ataxia, and simultanagnosia that typically results from bilateral parieto-occipital lesions. Visual perception disturbances in the posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) include hemianopia, visual neglect, and cerebral blindness, but Balint syndrome had not been recognized. We report Balint syndrome associated with PRES in a 37-year-old woman with acute hypertension and systemic lupus erythematosus. Balint syndrome can be an initial presentation of PRES. |
| Subject |
Adult; Brain Infarction/diagnosis; Brain Infarction/pathology; Brain Infarction/physiopathology; Female; Humans; Hypertension/diagnosis; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/diagnosis; Occipital Lobe/physiopathology; Ocular Motility Disorders/diagnosis; Ocular Motility Disorders/pathology; Ocular Motility Disorders/physiopathology; Parietal Lobe/physiopathology; Saccades/physiology; Syndrome; Vision Disorders/diagnosis; Vision Disorders/pathology; Vision Disorders/physiopathology |
| 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 |
227202 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pk3n9m/227202 |
