Posterior cortical atrophy - a prototypical case of dementia beginning with visual symptoms: case report
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2013
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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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Encéfalo/patologia, Transtornos mentais/complicações, Demência/complicações, Doença de Alzheimer/complicações, Transtornos da visão/etiologia, Relato de caso, Brain/pathology, Mental disorders/complications, Dementia/complications, Alzheimer disease/complications, Vision disorders/etiology, Case report
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CAIXETA, Leonardo Ferreira; TALEB, Alexandre Chater; GHINI, Bruno Galafassi; SOARES, Vânia Lúcia Dias; CAIXETA, Victor de Melo; VARGAS, Ciro. Posterior cortical atrophy - a prototypical case of dementia beginning with visual symptoms: case report. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, São Paulo, v. 76, n. 5, p. 314-316, 2013.