Somatoparaphrenia in Patient with Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction.

, Yoo, Seung Don; , Chon, Jinmann

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2009;33(3):361-364.

Yoo, Seung Don , Chon, Jinmann

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Korea. kkangmann@naver.com

신체소유장애를 보이는 후대뇌동맥 경색 환자 1례-증례 보고-

유승돈, 전진만

경희대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실

Abstract

Hemiplegic stroke patients may have abnormal awareness or perception of the affected limb (s). For example, patients may experience their limb as not belonging to them (asomatognosia) or attribute their own body parts to other persons (somatoparaphrenia). Disturbed sensation of limb ownership (asomatognosia, somatoparaphrenia) for the hemiplegic limb has been reported in patients with right insula lesion. We report a case of a 70-year-old right handed female who had somatoparaphrenia and neglect dyslexia after right posterior cerebral artery and posterior corpus callosal infarction. Additionally, she showed visual defect, dyschromatopsia, and hemispatial neglect. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2009; 33: 361-364)

Key Words: Somatoparaphrenia, Neglect dyslexia