Posterior cortical atrophy - a prototypical case of dementia beginning with visual symptoms: case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Leonardo Ferreira Caixeta²  Alexandre Chater Taleb¹  Bruno Galafassi Ghini¹  Vânia Lúcia Dias Soares¹  Victor De Melo Caixeta¹  Ciro Vargas¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Goiás Faculdade de Medicina Goiânia GO ,Brazil

关键词: Brain;    Mental disorders;    Dementia;    Alzheimer disease;    Vision disorders;    Case report;    Encéfalo;    Transtornos mentais;    Demência;    Doença de Alzheimer;    Transtornos da visão;    Relato de caso;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-27492013000500014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Dementia presenting with prominent higher order visual symptoms may be observed in a range of neurodegenerative conditions and is often challenging to diagnose. We describe a case of progressive dementia presenting with prominent visual cortical symptoms. A 55-year-old, right-handed, woman with early onset of visual impairment not associated with anterior visual pathology, presenting with dyslexia, visual agnosia, Balint's syndrome, and spatial disorientation. Ophthalmologists should consider this condition especially in presenile patients with slowly progressive higher-order visual symptoms. Although described in association with different conditions, it may also occur in Alzheimer disease.

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