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Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies

We herein report a 65-year-old man demonstrating dementia with Lewy bodies who first presented with Bálint's syndrome. Two years later, a mild cognitive impairment was noted. From three years after onset, he developed progressive parkinsonism, visual hallucination, and autonomic dysfunction, in...

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Autores principales: Sakurai, Yasuhisa, Nakashima, Yoshifumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566609
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7005
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description We herein report a 65-year-old man demonstrating dementia with Lewy bodies who first presented with Bálint's syndrome. Two years later, a mild cognitive impairment was noted. From three years after onset, he developed progressive parkinsonism, visual hallucination, and autonomic dysfunction, in line with the deterioration of the cognitive function. Single photon emission computed tomography with a (99m)Tc-ethylcysteinate dimer performed two years after onset revealed hypoperfusion in the restricted area of the bilateral superior parietal lobule, which extended to the lateral occipital cortices within two years. It is suggested that the pathological process can extend from the parietal to occipital lobes.
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spelling pubmed-54982102017-07-07 Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies Sakurai, Yasuhisa Nakashima, Yoshifumi Intern Med Case Report We herein report a 65-year-old man demonstrating dementia with Lewy bodies who first presented with Bálint's syndrome. Two years later, a mild cognitive impairment was noted. From three years after onset, he developed progressive parkinsonism, visual hallucination, and autonomic dysfunction, in line with the deterioration of the cognitive function. Single photon emission computed tomography with a (99m)Tc-ethylcysteinate dimer performed two years after onset revealed hypoperfusion in the restricted area of the bilateral superior parietal lobule, which extended to the lateral occipital cortices within two years. It is suggested that the pathological process can extend from the parietal to occipital lobes. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5498210/ /pubmed/28566609 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7005 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies
title Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies
title_full Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies
title_fullStr Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies
title_full_unstemmed Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies
title_short Progressive Bálint's Syndrome in a Patient Demonstrating Dementia with Lewy Bodies
title_sort progressive bálint's syndrome in a patient demonstrating dementia with lewy bodies
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5498210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566609
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7005
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