Ceguera de Anton-Babinskia propósito de un caso
- A. Martín Juan
- R. Madrigal
- J. Porta Etessam
- F. Sáenz-Francés San Baldomero
- E. Santos Bueso
ISSN: 0365-6691
Année de publication: 2018
Volumen: 93
Número: 11
Pages: 555-557
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Résumé
Clinical case A 22 year-old woman complained about blurred vision after an episode of recovered cardiorespiratory arrest. She had bilateral low visual acuity («count fingers») and no ophthalmological or visual pathways changes. She also had an apparent lack of awareness of the deficit. The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed ischaemic changes in both occipital lobes. As a result, she was diagnosed with Anton-Babinski syndrome. Discussion This is a rare disease that should be suspected in strange or poorly congruent visual loss. It is usually due to an ischaemic injury in this region of brain, manifesting itself with low vision not perceived by the patient (visual confabulation). It can simulate a non-organic visual loss or psychiatric disease.