The incredible shrinking brain

Surv Ophthalmol. 1995 Jan-Feb;39(4):315-22. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(05)80109-2.

Abstract

A 65-year-old white woman developed progressive visuospatial abnormalities over an eight-year course, secondary to Alzheimer's disease with amyloid angiopathy. Imaging studies demonstrated focal atrophy of the parietal and occipital lobes without hemorrhage. This patient manifested simultagnosia without ocular dysmetria or optic ataxia; hence, a true Balint's syndrome was not present. Her visual acuities and fields have remained stable status post-occipital lobe biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / complications
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
  • Atrophy
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / complications
  • Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology*
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology*