Anton’s syndrome as a presentation of decompression illness
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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.
- Mater Dei Hospital Malta
Male, Blindness, Cortical, Agnosia, Brain, Foramen Ovale, Patent, Humans, Middle Aged, Decompression Sickness, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male, Blindness, Cortical, Agnosia, Brain, Foramen Ovale, Patent, Humans, Middle Aged, Decompression Sickness, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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