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Published on: July 21, 2013
Dide-Botcazo syndrome due to bilateral occlusion of posterior cerebral artery
Manuel Cappellari1, Giampaolo Tomelleri, Alessandro Di Matteo
1Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Verona, Italy.
Abstract:
Dide-Botcazo syndrome is a rare clinical syndrome characterized by a combination of cortical blindness with anosognosia for blindness, amnesia and topographical disorientation, secondary to bilateral occipital cortex lesions also involving the infero-medial temporal lobe structure. We report a case of a man who acutely presented confusion and cortical blindness. The cerebral angiography demonstrated bilateral occlusion of posterior cerebral artery (PCA). Sequential intravenous (i.v.) and intra-arterial (i.a.) thrombolysis were ineffective and the patient developed a complete Dide-Botcazo syndrome.
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