Partial Balint's syndrome and left homonymous hemianopsia presenting after resection of a right occipito-parietal glioblastoma

A 66-year-old left-handed male was admitted to our acute inpatient rehabilitation (AIR) unit following a resection of the right occipito-parietal glioblastoma. He presented with symptoms of horizontal oculomotor apraxia, contralateral optic ataxia and left homonymous hemianopsia. We diagnosed this p...

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Published in:Neurocase 2022-12, Vol.28 (6), p.483-487
Main Authors: Aboulhosn, Petra, Ryu, Andrew, Shafieesabet, Azadeh, Lekshminarayanan, Anusha, Husain, Sohni, O'Connor, Kathryn, D'Souza, Saarah, O'Neill, Shannon, Altschuler, Eric L
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aged
Agnosia - etiology
Apraxias - etiology
Ataxia
Ataxia - etiology
Brain cancer
Brain Diseases - complications
Cognitive ability
Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma - complications
Handedness
Hemianopsia - complications
Humans
Male
Quality of Life
Rehabilitation
Sensorimotor integration
Vision
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Summary:A 66-year-old left-handed male was admitted to our acute inpatient rehabilitation (AIR) unit following a resection of the right occipito-parietal glioblastoma. He presented with symptoms of horizontal oculomotor apraxia, contralateral optic ataxia and left homonymous hemianopsia. We diagnosed this patient with partial Bálint's syndrome (BS)- oculomotor apraxia, optic ataxia but not simultanagnosia. BS is typically caused by bilateral posterior parietal lesions, but we here describe a unique case due toresection of a right intracranial tumor. A short AIR stay allowed our patient to learn how to compensate for visuomotor and visuospatial deficits, and improved his quality of life significantly.
ISSN:1355-4794
1465-3656
1362-4970
DOI:10.1080/13554794.2023.2176778