Anton Syndrome

 Q: What is Anton Syndrome?

Answer: 

The full nomenclature is Anton-Babinski syndrome. It occurs in the setting of cortical blindness. Patient denies vision loss (visual anosognosia). To compensate the denial, it is associated with confabulation. 

It can occur under various conditions like stroke, preeclampsia, head trauma, hypertensive encephalopathy or posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), autoimmune diseases involving CNS, Multiple sclerosis, fat embolism, and others.

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References:

1. Chaudhry FB, Raza S, Ahmad U. Anton's syndrome: a rare and unusual form of blindness. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Dec 3;12(12):e228103. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228103. PMID: 31801772; PMCID: PMC7001702.

2. Maddula M, Lutton S, Keegan B. Anton's syndrome due to cerebrovascular disease: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2009;3:9028. Published 2009 Sep 9. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-0003-0000009028