The Woman Who Needed a Pet

Michelle Atchison; Andrew R. Harrison; Michael S. Lee

doi:10.1016/j.survophthal.2006.08.002

The Woman Who Needed a Pet

Michelle Atchison, Andrew R. Harrison, Michael S. Lee

Ophthalmology & Visual Neurosciences

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Abstract

A 72-year-old woman developed difficulty reading, driving, and playing dominoes. Ophthalmologic examination revealed a homonymous hemianopia, but brain MRI showed no abnormality to explain the visual field defect. Neuropsychiatric testing demonstrated severely impaired visual processing (simultagnosia, visual agnosia, visuospatial difficulty). Positron emission tomography revealed hypometabolism of both parietal and occipital lobes consistent with posterior cortical atrophy or the visual variant of Alzheimer disease. Functional neuroimaging should be considered in the setting of a normal MRI among patients with signs and symptoms of the visual variant Alzheimer disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	592-595
Number of pages	4
Journal	Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume	51
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2006.08.002
State	Published - Nov 2006

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The authors reported no financial or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article. Support: Unrestricted Grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY, and the Lions and Lionesses of Minnesota (MSL, ARH).

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homonymous hemianopia
positron emission tomography
posterior cortical atrophy
visual variant of Alzheimer disease

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