Ceguera de Anton-Babinskia propósito de un caso

  1. A. Martín Juan
  2. R. Madrigal
  3. J. Porta Etessam
  4. F. Sáenz-Francés San Baldomero
  5. E. Santos Bueso
Revista:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Ano de publicación: 2018

Volume: 93

Número: 11

Páxinas: 555-557

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.1016/J.OFTAL.2018.04.004 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Resumo

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.