UNILATERAL SOMATOPARAPHRENIA AFTER RIGHT-HEMISPHERE STROKE - A CASE DESCRIPTION

Authors
HALLIGAN PW MARSHALL JC WADE DT
Citation
Pw. Halligan et al., UNILATERAL SOMATOPARAPHRENIA AFTER RIGHT-HEMISPHERE STROKE - A CASE DESCRIPTION, Cortex, 31(1), 1995, pp. 173-182
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Cortex → ACNP
ISSN journal
00109452
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
173 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-9452(1995)31:1<173:USARS->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report a case of somatoparaphrenia in a 41 year-old man after right temporo-parietal stroke. An elaborate system of delusional beliefs wa s observed concerning the initially paralysed left leg, arm, and hand. The course of these beliefs is analysed as the patient progresses fro m a full-blown delusional state to having excellent insight into his c ondition. We outline the types of explanation that seem required to un derstand how somatoparaphrenic beliefs can arise.