Cerebrovascular disease accounts for around 11% of all deaths worldwide and is the second leading cause of death after heart disease.
However, its clinical expression is variable and depends largely on the volume and location of the affected territory, being non-fatal in
most cases.
An infrequent manifestation of cerebrovascular disease (CVD) occurs when ischemic or hemorrhagic injury affects bilaterally the primary
visual cortical territory (Brodmann area 17) and the neighboring association area, manifested clinically by blindness and anosognosia of it,
what is known as the Anton syndrome.
This time, we report the case of a man who has this syndrome, secondary to two ischemic strokes. The most recent and current diagnosis is
a full infarction of right posterior cerebral artery territory, which is installed on a previously infarcted territory in the occipital lobe. Both
diagnoses were confirmed by brain CT.
Key words: Anton syndrome, cortical blindness, anosognosia.
Lara Silva, H., Miranda Rodríguez, E. N., Medina Mella, L., Orellana Ramírez, D., & Barba Lillo, F. (2012). Síndrome de Anton, el ciego que cree ver. Revista Chilena De Estudiantes De Medicina, 6(1), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-672X.2012.72587
