Aetiology
Balint's syndrome is usually caused by bilateral parieto- occipital damage.
Recognised causes of Balint's syndrome include:
- widespread bilateral lesions of the perieto-occipital cortex:
- stroke
- trauma
- tumour
- Alzheimer's disease
- Creutzfeld-Jacob disease
- damage to posterior white matter:
- progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- adrenoleukodystrophy
- rarely thalamic lesions
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