J Korean Neurol Assoc.
1997 Apr;15(2):368-376.
Personification of plegic limb following right hemispheric stroke: A case report
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- 1Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Korea.
- 2Department of Neurology, Gyeonsang National University College of Medicine, Korea.
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.
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