{"title":"Cortical blindness: diagnostic issues in sudden bilateral visual loss","authors":"Roshan Iqbal, Saugata Das","doi":"10.1002/pnp.803","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Cortical blindness is defined as bilateral visual loss due to disruption of the visual pathways beyond the lateral geniculate body. Visual disturbance as a result of cortical lesion can manifest in different ways. Anton's syndrome is one of the manifestations of cortical blindness, which presents as denial of loss of vision associated with confabulation in the setting of obvious visual loss. This case illustrates the challenges of diagnosing cortical blindness in the emergency setting.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.803","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Cortical blindness is defined as bilateral visual loss due to disruption of the visual pathways beyond the lateral geniculate body. Visual disturbance as a result of cortical lesion can manifest in different ways. Anton's syndrome is one of the manifestations of cortical blindness, which presents as denial of loss of vision associated with confabulation in the setting of obvious visual loss. This case illustrates the challenges of diagnosing cortical blindness in the emergency setting.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.