| 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 |
| 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 |
