title: Temporal lobe involvement in Capgras syndrome.
abstract: A Capgras syndrome case is presented. The clinical profile appeared at the onset of treatment with Praziquantel for neurocysticerosis. A left-temporal cysticercum was shown by means of a CT scan. Delusion, accompanied by some neurological symptoms diminished but did not disappear after treatment. The hypotheses for Capgras syndrome are reviewed and it is concluded that it constitutes a cognitive-dysmnesic phenomenon (feeling of unreality, impossibility to integrate recently acquired information with old memory traces) and, as such, its origin is likely temporal.
authors.affiliation: Miami Institute of Psychology, Florida 33135.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardila
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosseli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed