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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral

On-line version ISSN 1561-3038

Abstract

ZAMBRANO URBANO, José Leonel et al. Anton-Babinski Syndrome. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2023, vol.39, n.1  Epub Mar 01, 2023. ISSN 1561-3038.

Introduction:

Anton-Babinski syndrome is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder, with a manifestation of anosognosia and cortical blindness, due to lesions in the associative visual areas of the occipital cortex without presenting visual pathway impairment. In elderly adults, its clinical manifestations are usually atypical and a comprehensive geriatric assessment allows to guide the diagnosis, which can be associated with geriatric syndromes.

Objective:

To describe the clinical manifestations, geriatric syndromes, paraclinical findings and treatment of a patient with Anton-Babinski syndrome.

Clinical case:

This is the case of an 85-year-old patient who, during the immediate postoperative period after ocular surgery (pterygium), presented a fluctuating alteration of consciousness, visual hallucinations, decreased bilateral visual acuity and anosognosia. Blood analysis reported no alterations and cranial computed tomography documented bilateral occipital ischemia; the patient was diagnosed with Anton-Babinski syndrome.

Conclusions:

Anton-Babinski syndrome may have an atypical presentation through geriatric syndromes. Comprehensive geriatric assessment allows for timely multicomponent diagnosis and management with the aim of influencing both short- and long-term prognosis.

Keywords : cortical blindness; agnosia; cerebral.

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