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Anton's syndrome as a presentation of decompression illness.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2017 English Publisher:Diving Hyperb MedJournal:Diving and hyperbaric medicine, volume 47 (issn: 1833-3516,

Authors: Lyubisa Matity; Stephen Muscat; Charles Paul Azzopardi;

doi: 10.28920/dhm47.1.59-61

pmid: 28357826

pmc: PMC6147248

Anton's syndrome as a presentation of decompression illness.

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Abstract

We present a case of a patient with Anton's syndrome due to decompression illness (DCI) after recreational scuba diving. Visual anosognosia, or denial of loss of vision, which is associated with lack of awareness regarding visual loss in the setting of cortical blindness, is known as Anton's syndrome (also termed Anton-Babinski syndrome). Our patient presented with progressive neurological DCI treated with repeated recompression. The anosogosia resolved after 48 h. Subsequent echocardiography revealed a persistent (patent) foramen ovale.

Related Organizations

Mater Dei Hospital
Malta

Keywords

Male, Blindness, Cortical, Agnosia, Brain, Foramen Ovale, Patent, Humans, Middle Aged, Decompression Sickness, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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