Anton's syndrome following callosal disconnection

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Abutalebi, J.^; | Arcari, C. | Rocca, M.A. | Rossi, P. | Comola, M. | Comi, G.C. | Rovaris, M. | Filippi, M.

Affiliations: Centre of Cognitive Neuroscience, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy | Interdisciplinary Center for Cognitive Studies, University of Potsdam, Germany | Neuroimaging Research Unit, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele and Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy | Department of Neurology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele and Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Jubin Abutalebi, Centro di Neuroscienze Cognitive, Facoltà di Psicologia, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy. Tel.: +39 0226434891; Fax: +39 0226434892; E-mail: abutalebi.jubin@hsr.it

Abstract: Anosognosia for cortical blindness, also called Anton's syndrome, is a rare neurological disorder usually following bilateral lesions to occipital cortices. Neuropsychological, morphological and functional neuroimaging (SPECT and fMRI) findings are reported in a patient who incurred Anton's syndrome after an ischaemic lesion confined to the left occipital lobe involving the corpus callosum. The present case study suggests that Anton's syndrome may also follow from lesions disconnecting the occipital cortices.

Keywords: Cortical blindness, Anton's syndrome, disconnection, SPECT, fMRI

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 183-186, 2007