Simultanagnosia following perinatal hypoxia: a possible pediatric variant of Balint syndrome.
A 7-year-old boy with a history of low birth weight and perinatal hypoxia presented with symptoms of a spatial disorder of attention (simultanagnosia) and defective foot movements under visual control (optic ataxia), similar to a complex known as Balint's syndrome. Imaging revealed mature areas of ischemic damage in the posterior parietal and superior occipital lobes consistent with the diagnosis. Balint's syndrome in children is rarely reported and is important to recognize to allow adequate rehabilitation and environmental adaptation.
Drummond
Suzannah Rosalind
SR
Gartnavel General Hospital, Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. suzy.drummond@northglasgow.scot.nhs
Dutton
Gordon N
GN
D000377:Agnosia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001259:Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014796:Visual Perception