Anton's syndrome due to a giant anterior fossa meningioma. The problem of routine use of advanced diagnostic imaging in psychiatric care.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a case of blindness and Anton's syndrome in a psychiatric patient with late diagnosis of a giant frontal meningioma. The criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging in the psychiatric population are discussed. We conclude that MR or CT scan is indicated in psychiatric in-patients who fail to improve with standard psychiatric treatment. This strategy should be submitted to a cost-benefit analysis.
Medical subject headings
- Blindness, Cortical
- Cranial Fossa, Anterior
- Diagnostic Errors
- Intellectual Disability
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningioma