One glasses too many: A case report of Benson's syndrome

We report a case of Benson's Syndrome, a form of occipital Alzheimer's disease, with posterior cortical atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging, in a 62-year-old male, who presented with visual problems, ascribed to the eyes, and had even undergone cataract/intraocular lens surgery in the ri...

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Autores principales: Grover, Shivani, Amitava, Abadan Khan, Kumari, Namita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25971180
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.156938
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description We report a case of Benson's Syndrome, a form of occipital Alzheimer's disease, with posterior cortical atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging, in a 62-year-old male, who presented with visual problems, ascribed to the eyes, and had even undergone cataract/intraocular lens surgery in the right eye; and change of glasses 21 times over the past 2 years, with no apparent benefit. This case is of interest both on account of its rarity, and to highlight its features since the diagnosis may be missed in an ophthalmological setting where such patient may go for first consult.
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spelling pubmed-44482482015-06-11 One glasses too many: A case report of Benson's syndrome Grover, Shivani Amitava, Abadan Khan Kumari, Namita Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication We report a case of Benson's Syndrome, a form of occipital Alzheimer's disease, with posterior cortical atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging, in a 62-year-old male, who presented with visual problems, ascribed to the eyes, and had even undergone cataract/intraocular lens surgery in the right eye; and change of glasses 21 times over the past 2 years, with no apparent benefit. This case is of interest both on account of its rarity, and to highlight its features since the diagnosis may be missed in an ophthalmological setting where such patient may go for first consult. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4448248/ /pubmed/25971180 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.156938 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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One glasses too many: A case report of Benson's syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448248/
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