TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary central nervous system angiitis, amyloid angiopathy, and Alzheimer's pathology presenting with Balint's syndrome
AU - Jacobs, Dina A.
AU - Liu, Grant T.
AU - Nelson, Peter T.
AU - Galetta, Steven L.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - We report a patient who presented with Balint's syndrome as a manifestation of primary central nervous system angiitis. Clinical findings included simultanagnosia, optic ataxia, and optic apraxia. Pathologic evaluation demonstrated amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer's plaques. The presence of primary central nervous system angiitis along with amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer's plaques may not be coincidental. Angiitis may be a foreign body reaction to A4 amyloid deposition.
AB - We report a patient who presented with Balint's syndrome as a manifestation of primary central nervous system angiitis. Clinical findings included simultanagnosia, optic ataxia, and optic apraxia. Pathologic evaluation demonstrated amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer's plaques. The presence of primary central nervous system angiitis along with amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer's plaques may not be coincidental. Angiitis may be a foreign body reaction to A4 amyloid deposition.
KW - Balint's syndrome
KW - Gerstmann's syndrome
KW - amyloid angiopathy
KW - granulomatous angiitis
KW - primary angiitis of the central nervous system
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U2 - 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.04.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 15231402
AN - SCOPUS:3042563391
SN - 0039-6257
VL - 49
SP - 454
EP - 459
JO - Survey of Ophthalmology
JF - Survey of Ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -