Anton syndrome

Also known as: Anton–Babinski syndrome

Cortical blindness with denial of blindness.

Medical specialty: Neurology
Subspecialty: Neurology / Neuro-ophthalmology
Sex & age distribution: Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: rare
Gene(s) involved: None recorded

Etiology & mechanism

Bilateral occipital damage with failure of self-recognition of deficit.

Gene(s) involved (0)

No gene recorded.

Symptoms & signs (2)

blindness with denialconfabulation about vision

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