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Partial Balint's syndrome and left homonymous hemianopsia presenting after resection of a right occipito-parietal glioblastoma.

Authors :
Aboulhosn P
Ryu A
Shafieesabet A
Lekshminarayanan A
Husain S
O'Connor K
D'Souza S
O'Neill S
Altschuler EL
Source :
Neurocase [Neurocase] 2022 Dec; Vol. 28 (6), pp. 483-487. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 15.
Publication Year :
2022

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