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  "abstract": "Acute occipital infarction is a diagnostic challenge due to overlapping symptoms with delirium, another common hospital presentation. We describe a 94-year-old patient presenting with acute confusion and visual changes on imaging. CT imaging shows bilateral occipital infarcts, resulting in a display of Anton syndrome and impacting the patient's cognition. She was treated for an acute infarct and managed appropriately under the stroke team with the relevant therapy teams. We explore the challenges in differentiating causes of delirium and offer a diagnostic aid to prompt swifter identification of occipital infarcts in the absence of obvious cause for delirium. This provides an opportunity to encourage efficient diagnosis of occipital infarcts and to improve awareness for identifying key features early.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Hospital-Based Medicine, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, GBR.",
    "General Internal Medicine, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dorchester, GBR.",
    "Stroke Medicine, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth, GBR."
  ],
  "article_type": "case report",
  "arxiv": null,
  "author_total": 3,
  "authors": [
    {
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      "name": "Chloe R Plater"
    },
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      "name": "Amy Green"
    },
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      "name": "Hakim Eluzai"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/74310n4j6z07k.bib",
  "cited_by": 0,
  "doi": "10.7759/cureus.118289",
  "fulltext_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13716151",
  "id": "74310n4j6z07k",
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    "2168-8184"
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  "language": "eng",
  "licence": "CC-BY",
  "licence_label": "CC BY",
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  "native_subjects": [
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      "heading",
      "Geriatrics"
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    ],
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      "heading",
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      "2706|Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders"
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13716151?pdf=render",
  "pmcid": "PMC13716151",
  "pmid": "42953515",
  "published": "2026-10-21",
  "publisher": "Cureus Inc.",
  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/74310n4j6z07k.ris",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "medicine",
      "origin": "heading:Neurology",
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  ],
  "title": "Confusion in Acute Occipital Infarcts: Why Blame Delirium?",
  "title_text": "Confusion in Acute Occipital Infarcts: Why Blame Delirium?",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-01T12:23:12Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/74310n4j6z07k",
  "venue": "Cureus",
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