[Posterior cortical atrophy, a rare neurodegenerative disease with predominantly visual complaints]

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is a neurodegenerative disease which was described originally in 1988 by dr Frank Benson. PCA is characterized by progressive deficits in higher visual functions while episodic memory and speech are relatively preserved. Studies have shown that the neuropathologic findings in most cases are consistent with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, patients with PCA show greater occipitoparietal atrophy on neuroimaging compared with the more prominent mesiotemporal atrophy in patients with amnestic AD. Until recently, diagnostics were based mainly on clinical experience due to the lack of validated diagnostic criteria. In 2017, new consensus criteria for the diagnosis and classification of PCA were published. In this article we make a brief review of the disease and describe a 58 year old man with complex visual deficits and apraxia who was ultimately diagnosed with PCA.