title: [Prosopagnosia. Description and discussion of a clinical case].
abstract: Prosopagnosia was due to a right occipito-temporal infarct, but clinical and computed tomographic features emphasized a previous symmetrical damage in the left side. The case reported, and especially elaboration of literature data relative to this peculiar type of visual agnosia, suggest that bilaterality of cerebral lesions in the determining factor of prosopagnosia.
authors.affiliation: U.O. di Medicina generale, Ospedale, Empoli.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pratesi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corsi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salvadori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cocco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000377:Agnosia / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D013702:Temporal Lobe; D014796:Visual Perception
vernacular_title: Prosopagnosia. Descrizione e discussione di un caso clinico.