Personification of plegic limb following right hemispheric stroke: A case report.
- Author:
Jae Cheol KWON
1
;
Gyeong Moon KIM
;
Duk L NA
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Agnosia;
Arm;
Delusions;
Extremities*;
Female;
Hemiplegia;
Humans;
Infarction;
Middle Aged;
Middle Cerebral Artery;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Stroke*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1997;15(2):368-376
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of 53-year-old woman with personification following right middle cerebral artery territory infarction. Although she knew that her paralyzed left limbs belonged to her, she behaved as if it is a separate person. Verbalization of hatred toward her left arm was frequently observed. She attributed her neurologic deficit to the left arm instead of herself, frequently complaining in a fashion that 'I(a person except for the left arm) am all right but he/she(left arm) is wrong'. This delusional beliefs were mainly confined to her paralysed left limb, and were accompanied by left spatial neglect, transient anosognosia for hemiplegia and right-left disorientation.
