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Partial Balint's syndrome and left homonymous hemianopsia presenting after resection of a right occipito-parietal glioblastoma.
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Neurocase [Neurocase] 2022 Dec; Vol. 28 (6), pp. 483-487. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 15. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- A 66-year-old left-handed male was admitted to our acute inpatient rehabilitation (AIR) unit following a resection of the right occipito-parietal glioblastoma. He presented with symptoms of horizontal oculomotor apraxia, contralateral optic ataxia and left homonymous hemianopsia. We diagnosed this patient with partial Bálint's syndrome (BS)- oculomotor apraxia, optic ataxia but not simultanagnosia. BS is typically caused by bilateral posterior parietal lesions, but we here describe a unique case due toresection of a right intracranial tumor. A short AIR stay allowed our patient to learn how to compensate for visuomotor and visuospatial deficits, and improved his quality of life significantly.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1465-3656
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Neurocase
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36794351
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2023.2176778