Balint Syndrome in a Patient with Sysemic Lupus Erythematosus-Scleroderma Overlap Syndrome

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 11(4); 1993 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1993;11(4): 580-586.

전신성 홍반성 낭창-경피증 중복 증후군을 가진 환자에 동반된 Balint증후군 1례

이지용, 손일홍,조성진,김승민,박영관,이성수

연세대학교 신경과.

Balint Syndrome in a Patient with Sysemic Lupus Erythematosus-Scleroderma Overlap Syndrome

Ji-Yong Lee, M.D., Il-Hong Son, M.D., Sung-Jin Cho, M.D., Seung-Min Kim, M.D., Young-Kwan Park, M.D., Sung-Soo Lee, M.D.

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine Yonsei University

Abstract

Balint syndrome is a rare cortical visual disorder in a patient with bilateral parieto-occipital lesions, which consists of psychic paralysis of visual fixation, optic ataxia and visual inattention. The most common cause of Balint syndrome is borderzone infarction and the other causes are gun-shot wounds, postpartum venous thrombosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, encephalopathy following eclampsia, human immunodeficiency virus encephalitis, and primary and metastatic brain tumor. We report a case of Balint syndrome which was caused by central nervous system involvement of systemic lupus erythematosus-scleroderma overlap syndrome, comfirmed by clinical features, irnmunologic and radiologic studies.