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Anton’s syndrome as a presentation of Trousseau syndrome involving the bilateral optic radiation

Anton’s syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric syndrome that is characterized by cortical blindness and anosognosia with visual confabulation, but without global cognitive impairment. We herein report a rare case of Anton’s syndrome as a presentation of Trousseau syndrome involving the bilateral optic...

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Autores principales: Cao, Shugang, Zhu, Xiaoxia, Zhang, Wenting, Xia, Mingwu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7705385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33233982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520972907
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Sumario:Anton’s syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric syndrome that is characterized by cortical blindness and anosognosia with visual confabulation, but without global cognitive impairment. We herein report a rare case of Anton’s syndrome as a presentation of Trousseau syndrome involving the bilateral optic radiation. The patient had been diagnosed with gallbladder cancer 2 months previously, and he was admitted to the hospital with confusion and quadriplegia. He was found to be blind, but denied any visual impairment and demonstrated visual confabulation despite evidence of his blindness. These signs were consistent with a diagnosis of Anton’s syndrome. Brain computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging revealed infarcts in the bilateral temporo-parieto-occipital junction with hemorrhagic transformation, mainly involving the bilateral optic radiation. The presence of gallbladder cancer with peripheral metastasis on abdominal CT, as well as markedly increased tumor markers and D-dimer levels, supported the presence of cancer-related hypercoagulability and the diagnosis of Trousseau syndrome.