Balint Syndrome in a Patient with Sysemic Lupus Erythematosus-Scleroderma Overlap Syndrome.
- Author:
Ji Yong LEE
1
;
Il Hong SON
;
Sung Jin CHO
;
Seung Min KIM
;
Young Kwan PARK
;
Sung Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Ataxia;
Brain Neoplasms;
Central Nervous System;
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome;
Eclampsia;
Encephalitis;
Female;
HIV;
Humans;
Infarction;
Paralysis;
Postpartum Period;
Pregnancy;
Venous Thrombosis;
Vision Disorders;
Wounds and Injuries
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1993;11(4):580-586
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Balint syndrome is a rare cortical visual disorder in a patient with bilateral parieto-occipital lesions, which consists of psychic paralysis of visual fixation, optic ataxia and visual inattention. The most common cause of Balint syndrome is borderzone infarction and the other causes are gun-shot wounds, postpartum venous thrombosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, encephalopathy following eclampsia, human immunodeficiency virus encephalitis, and primary and metastatic brain tumor. We report a case of Balint syndrome which was caused by central nervous system involvement of systemic lupus erythematosus-scleroderma overlap syndrome, comfirmed by clinical features, irnmunologic and radiologic studies.
