Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis
Abstract Optic aphasia is characterized by a deficit in naming objects presented visually, as a result of left occipito-temporal lesion. It differs from other neuropsychological disorders due to the nature of the deficits and impairment of cognitive function. A 52 year-old patient, admitted after an...
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| author | Melissa de Almeida Rodrigues Carla Cristina Adda Mara Cristina de Souza Lucia Milberto Scaff Eliane Correa Miotto |
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| description | Abstract Optic aphasia is characterized by a deficit in naming objects presented visually, as a result of left occipito-temporal lesion. It differs from other neuropsychological disorders due to the nature of the deficits and impairment of cognitive function. A 52 year-old patient, admitted after an episode of sub-acute infarction in the territory of the left posterior cerebral artery involving the temporo-occipital region, was submitted to neuropsychological evaluation as part of a diagnostic investigation and presented specific characteristics of this disorder, as well as impairment to episodic memory. The relevance of the present case is justified not only due to the rarity of the disorder, but also because it highlights the importance of differential diagnosis in the treatment of patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b62fe452eae947d3b2f8b1ef44fc607a2022-12-22T01:48:39ZengAssociação Neurologia Cognitiva e do ComportamentoDementia & Neuropsychologia1980-57642215115410.1590/S1980-57642009DN20200013S1980-57642008000200151Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosisMelissa de Almeida RodriguesCarla Cristina AddaMara Cristina de Souza LuciaMilberto ScaffEliane Correa MiottoAbstract Optic aphasia is characterized by a deficit in naming objects presented visually, as a result of left occipito-temporal lesion. It differs from other neuropsychological disorders due to the nature of the deficits and impairment of cognitive function. A 52 year-old patient, admitted after an episode of sub-acute infarction in the territory of the left posterior cerebral artery involving the temporo-occipital region, was submitted to neuropsychological evaluation as part of a diagnostic investigation and presented specific characteristics of this disorder, as well as impairment to episodic memory. The relevance of the present case is justified not only due to the rarity of the disorder, but also because it highlights the importance of differential diagnosis in the treatment of patients.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000200151&lng=en&tlng=enoptic aphasianeuropsychological assessmentdifferential diagnosis |
| spellingShingle | Melissa de Almeida Rodrigues Carla Cristina Adda Mara Cristina de Souza Lucia Milberto Scaff Eliane Correa Miotto Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis Dementia & Neuropsychologia optic aphasia neuropsychological assessment differential diagnosis |
| title | Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis |
| title_full | Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis |
| title_short | Cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia: Neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis |
| title_sort | cognitive deficits associated with optic aphasia neuropsychological contribution to a differential diagnosis |
| topic | optic aphasia neuropsychological assessment differential diagnosis |
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