Anton Syndrome — SCE Neurology MCQ

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A 42-year-old man presents with bilateral visual loss and macular-sparing bilateral hemianopia after bilateral PCA infarcts. He insists he can see normally despite walking into furniture. What is this phenomenon?

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Correct answer: C — Anton syndrome

Anton syndrome: visual anosognosia in bilateral cortical blindness. Patients deny visual loss and confabulate visual experiences. A: Not deliberate deception. C: Charles Bonnet involves hallucinations with awareness of deficit. D: PCA is a progressive neurodegeneration. E: Balint has simultanagnosia, optic ataxia, oculomotor apraxia.

Reference: Clinical Neurology; ABN Guidelines