Balint's syndrome in a man with border-zone infarcts caused by atrial fibrillation.
A 70-year-old man showed Balint's syndrome and other signs of bilateral posterior-hemisphere dysfunction of acute onset without initial unconsciousness. A computerized tomographic scan showed bilateral infarcts in the posterior arterial border-zone areas. Clinical evidence suggests that hypotension at the onset of atrial fibrillation caused these infarcts. There was a marked difference in the time course of recovery between the left and the right infarct which demonstrated that the elements of Balint's syndrome disappeared together with the left-hemisphere symptoms while the right-hemisphere symptoms were still present.
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*