title: Bálint-like syndrome as an unusual representation of non-convulsive status epilepticus.
abstract: The clinical signs of posterior cortex dysfunction are, due to their paucity and subtlety, very often ignored as non-specific during clinical evaluation of non-convulsive status epilepticus. Therefore, focal non-convulsive status epilepticus emerging from the posterior cortex, and especially the parietal lobes, can be fairly under-recognised. We report a 66-year-old patient with focal non-convulsive status epilepticus presenting as isolated Bálint-like syndrome, successfully treated to full clinical and electrophysiological recovery. The diagnostic and pathophysiological features are discussed. Focal non-convulsive status epilepticus can be associated with negative phenomena such as neuropsychological deficits mimicking those detected more often in degenerative and vascular brain diseases. [Published with video sequences].
authors.affiliation: Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. aristic@eunet.rs
authors.forename: Aleksandar J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ristić
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Marjanović
authors.forename: Leposava
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brajković
authors.forename: Barbara R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Wolgamuth
authors.forename: Strahinja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Odalović
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lavrnić
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vojvodić
authors.forename: Slavko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janković
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baščarević
authors.forename: Dragoslav
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sokić
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000503:physiopathology*