Homonymous quadrantanopia associated with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome

We encountered a 64‐year‐old man with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome, having a sudden‐onset homonymous right inferior quadrantanopia. This is the first documentation of such a phenomenon in hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome. We believe this is a variant of hemianopia in patients with hypergly...

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Autores principales: Mizuguchi, Chika, Sato, Yuka, Imai, Hiroki, Kakizawa, Masaki, Yamashita, Koh, Aizawa, Toru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7477511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32216063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jdi.13242
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Sumario:We encountered a 64‐year‐old man with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome, having a sudden‐onset homonymous right inferior quadrantanopia. This is the first documentation of such a phenomenon in hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome. We believe this is a variant of hemianopia in patients with hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome.[Image: see text]

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