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Anton syndrome with bilateral occipital infarct: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Anton syndrome results from damage to the visual cortex of the occipital lobes, where the anterior visual pathways remain intact. This damage results in the characteristic triad of cortical blindness, visual anosognosia, and visual confabulation.
Dylan Mankoo, MBBS, MClinEd
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Blindness incidence in Germany - A population-based study from Württemberg-Hohenzollern [PDF]
, 1999 Few data on the incidence of blindness in Germany are available. We analysed causes of legal blindness for the region Württemberg-Hohenzollern (population 5.5 million) in order to help fill in this gap.
Mickler, A. +4 more
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Hypoxic brain trauma causing blindness in a multiple gunshot wound patient: a challenging clinical scenario with a brief review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Preventive and Complementary MedicineBackground: Cortical Blindness is most commonly caused by stroke or traumatic brain injury. The case study has the unique function of outlining the story of a young patient who incurred multiple gunshot wounds in an incident that ultimately transpired ...
Benjamin Brod +6 more
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Cortical blindness and hepatic encephalopathy [PDF]
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 2003 Abstract.Purpose: To present a case of permanent cortical blindness (CB) following hepatic encephalopathy.Methods: Systematic clinical examination and further investigations to elicit the diagnosis.Conclusion: Complete CB is an uncommon neurological disorder and is rarely persistent.
T, Ammar +3 more
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Causes of childhood blindness in the northeastern states of India. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: The northeastern region (NER) of India is geographically isolated and ethno-culturally different from the rest of the country. There is lacuna regarding the data on causes of blindness and severe visual impairment in children from this region.
Guha, Kamalesh +6 more
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Transient Cortical Blindness After Coronary Angiography [PDF]
, 2009 Transient cortical blindness is rarely encountered after angiography of native coronary arteries or bypass grafts. This paper reports a case of transient cortical blindness that occurred 72 h after coronary angiography in a 56-year old patient.
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Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Introduction. Infective endocarditis in the left heart may be complicated by stroke, due to embolisation from infectious valvular vegetations. Infarction of both occipital lobes, which are supplied by the posterior cerebral arteries, is infrequent, and ...
Georgios P. Kranidiotis +3 more
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Relearning to See in Cortical Blindness [PDF]
The Neuroscientist, 2015 The incidence of cortically induced blindness is increasing as our population ages. The major cause of cortically induced blindness is stroke affecting the primary visual cortex. While the impact of this form of vision loss is devastating to quality of life, the development of principled, effective rehabilitation strategies for this condition lags far ...
Michael D, Melnick +2 more
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Transient Cortical Blindness Following Coronary Angiography
JACC: Case Reports, 2019 Transient cortical blindness (TCB) is an uncommon complication following coronary angiography. This report describes a case of TCB after coronary angiography in a patient admitted for acute myocardial infarction. The patient’s vision recovered completely
Sara I.L. Fernandes, MD +9 more
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Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2017 Postoperative blindness (PB) primarily involves reception and conductance parts of the visual pathway due to ischemia following cessation of blood supply, for example, retinal vascular occlusion.
Saswata Bharati +3 more
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