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KMID : 0363320040250040433
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2004 Volume.25 No. 4 p.433 ~ p.441
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Case Report on a Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction Patient with Visual and Cognitive Abnormalities
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Kim Sung-A
Eum Hyung-Sup
Jung Wun-Suk
Seo Un-Kyo
Kang Yoon-Ho
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Abstract
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The posterior cerebral arteries supply the temporal and occipital lobes of the left cerebral hemisphere and the right hemisphere. Clinical symptoms associated with occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery are visual abnormalities including opposite visual field defects, hallucination, visual amnesia and a variety of other symptoms, including confusion, cognitive disorders, thalamic syndrome, Weber’s syndrome, contralateral hemplegia.
This case report is about a patient with visual and cognitive abnormalities caused by posterior cerebral artery infarction. He was regarded as Soyangin(少陽人) in constitution and was treated with Yangkyuksanhoa-tang(凉膈散火湯) and other treatments. Improvement in his general symptoms was observed.
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KEYWORD
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Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction, Visual Agnosia, Cognitive Disorders, Yangkyuksanhoa-tang
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