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Autotopagnosia

MedGen UID:
65883
•Concept ID:
C0234511
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Agnosia, Body-Image; Agnosias, Body-Image; Body Image Agnosia; Body-Image Agnosia; Body-Image Agnosias
SNOMED CT: Autotopagnosia (24500009)
 
HPO: HP:5200413
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000668

Definition

The loss of the ability to localize, recognize, or identify specific parts of one's body. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Identification, diagnosis and treatment of prosopagnosia.
Shah P
Br J Psychiatry 2016 Jan;208(1):94-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.208.1.94b. PMID: 26729846
Management of Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
Mikati MA, Shamseddine AN
Paediatr Drugs 2005;7(6):377-89. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200507060-00006. PMID: 16356025
Clinical management of agnosia.
Burns MS
Top Stroke Rehabil 2004 Winter;11(1):1-9. doi: 10.1310/N13K-YKYQ-3XX1-NFAV. PMID: 14872395

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Anton's Syndrome associated with autotopagnosia.
Lo Buono V, De Salvo S, Paladina G, Corallo F, Palmeri R, Morabito R, Bramanti A, Marino S, Sessa E
Appl Neuropsychol Adult 2020 May-Jun;27(3):294-298. Epub 2019 Jan 20 doi: 10.1080/23279095.2018.1538048. PMID: 30661390
Reversible splenial lesion syndrome after blood transfusion presents callosal disconnection syndrome: A case report.
Ma X, Su W, Chen H
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Jun;97(24):e11127. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000011127. PMID: 29901639Free PMC Article
Some Unusual Neuropsychological Syndromes: Somatoparaphrenia, Akinetopsia, Reduplicative Paramnesia, Autotopagnosia.
Ardila A
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2016 Aug;31(5):456-64. Epub 2016 May 4 doi: 10.1093/arclin/acw021. PMID: 27193360

Prognosis

Reversible splenial lesion syndrome after blood transfusion presents callosal disconnection syndrome: A case report.
Ma X, Su W, Chen H
Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Jun;97(24):e11127. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000011127. PMID: 29901639Free PMC Article
Psychic tonus, body schema and the parietal lobes: a multiple lesion case analysis.
Braun CM, Desjardins S, Gaudelet S, Guimond A
Behav Neurol 2007;18(2):65-80. doi: 10.1155/2007/571814. PMID: 17538193Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders in Patients with Superior Parietal Lobule Infarcts.
Kumral E, Çetin FE, Özdemir HN
Can J Neurol Sci 2023 Jul;50(4):542-550. Epub 2022 Jun 10 doi: 10.1017/cjn.2022.81. PMID: 35686295
Psychic tonus, body schema and the parietal lobes: a multiple lesion case analysis.
Braun CM, Desjardins S, Gaudelet S, Guimond A
Behav Neurol 2007;18(2):65-80. doi: 10.1155/2007/571814. PMID: 17538193Free PMC Article
Is autotopoagnosia real? EC says yes. A case study.
Guariglia C, Piccardi L, Puglisi Allegra MC, Traballesi M
Neuropsychologia 2002;40(10):1744-9. doi: 10.1016/s0028-3932(02)00013-1. PMID: 11992662

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