Posterior cortical atrophy: a brief review

• Published in: Current neurology and neuroscience reports Vol. 6; no. 6; pp. 477 - 480
• Main Authors: Kirshner, Howard S, Lavin, Patrick J M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.11.2006
• Subjects: Atrophy; Brain Diseases - pathology; Cerebral Cortex - pathology; Humans

Posterior cortical atrophy is a striking clinical syndrome in which a dementing illness begins with visual symptoms. Initially, the problem may seem to be loss of elementary vision, but over time the patient develops features of visual agnosia, topographical difficulty, optic ataxia, simultanagnosia...