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Tactile agnosia

MedGen UID:
1051370
•Concept ID:
CN375981
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: tactile agnosia
 
HPO: HP:5200406
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000681

Definition

The inability to recognize objects by touch is called tactile agnosia. [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

Etiology

Early prediction of long-term tactile object recognition performance after sensorimotor stroke.
Abela E, Missimer JH, Pastore-Wapp M, Krammer W, Wiest R, Weder BJ
Cortex 2019 Jun;115:264-279. Epub 2019 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.018. PMID: 30875614
Bilateral impairment of somesthetically mediated object recognition in humans.
Caselli RJ
Mayo Clin Proc 1991 Apr;66(4):357-64. doi: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)60658-2. PMID: 2013986
Tactile discrimination learning in the monkey: the effects of unilateral or bilateral removals of the second somatosensory cortex (area SII).
Garcha HS, Ettlinger G
Cortex 1980 Oct;16(3):397-412. doi: 10.1016/s0010-9452(80)80041-4. PMID: 7194170

Diagnosis

Isolated post-traumatic astereognosis: a case-based review.
Khormi YH, Atteya MME
Childs Nerv Syst 2022 Jan;38(1):17-24. Epub 2021 Oct 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05392-5. PMID: 34694463
Tactile agnosia. Underlying impairment and implications for normal tactile object recognition.
Reed CL, Caselli RJ, Farah MJ
Brain 1996 Jun;119 ( Pt 3):875-88. doi: 10.1093/brain/119.3.875. PMID: 8673499
"Numb, clumsy hands" and tactile agnosia secondary to high cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a clinical and electrophysiological correlation.
Chang MH, Liao KK, Cheung SC, Kong KW, Chang SP
Acta Neurol Scand 1992 Dec;86(6):622-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1992.tb05499.x. PMID: 1481650
Tactile agnosia and tactile aphasia: symptomatological and anatomical differences.
Endo K, Miyasaka M, Makishita H, Yanagisawa N, Sugishita M
Cortex 1992 Sep;28(3):445-69. doi: 10.1016/s0010-9452(13)80154-2. PMID: 1382919
What has been rediscovered in "Rediscovering tactile agnosia"?
Tranel D
Mayo Clin Proc 1991 Feb;66(2):210-4. doi: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)60495-9. PMID: 1994140

Prognosis

Distinguishing transient from persistent tactile agnosia after partial anterior circulation infarcts - Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for white matter disconnection.
Missimer JH, Abela E, Pastore-Wapp M, Wiest R, Weder BJ
Neuroimage Clin 2022;36:103193. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103193. PMID: 36126517Free PMC Article
Early prediction of long-term tactile object recognition performance after sensorimotor stroke.
Abela E, Missimer JH, Pastore-Wapp M, Krammer W, Wiest R, Weder BJ
Cortex 2019 Jun;115:264-279. Epub 2019 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.018. PMID: 30875614
Computation of tactile object properties requires the integrity of praxic skills.
Crutch SJ, Warren JD, Harding L, Warrington EK
Neuropsychologia 2005;43(12):1792-800. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.02.002. PMID: 16154455

Clinical prediction guides

Distinguishing transient from persistent tactile agnosia after partial anterior circulation infarcts - Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for white matter disconnection.
Missimer JH, Abela E, Pastore-Wapp M, Wiest R, Weder BJ
Neuroimage Clin 2022;36:103193. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103193. PMID: 36126517Free PMC Article
Early prediction of long-term tactile object recognition performance after sensorimotor stroke.
Abela E, Missimer JH, Pastore-Wapp M, Krammer W, Wiest R, Weder BJ
Cortex 2019 Jun;115:264-279. Epub 2019 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.01.018. PMID: 30875614
Computation of tactile object properties requires the integrity of praxic skills.
Crutch SJ, Warren JD, Harding L, Warrington EK
Neuropsychologia 2005;43(12):1792-800. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2005.02.002. PMID: 16154455
Hierarchical versus parallel processing in tactile object recognition: a behavioural-neuroanatomical study of aperceptive tactile agnosia.
Bohlhalter S, Fretz C, Weder B
Brain 2002 Nov;125(Pt 11):2537-48. doi: 10.1093/brain/awf245. PMID: 12390978
Rett syndrome--natural history in 70 cases.
Naidu S, Murphy M, Moser HW, Rett A
Am J Med Genet Suppl 1986;1:61-72. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320250507. PMID: 3087204

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