title: Visual agnosia with bilateral temporo-occipital brain lesions in a child with autistic disorder: a case study.
abstract: A 2-year-old boy meeting the criteria for autistic disorder was diagnosed 2 years later with a visual agnosia characterised by a combination of certain aspects of associative and apperceptive agnosia. MRI then revealed a severe encephalomalacia of the right temporal lobe and bilateral temporo-occipital areas. This association is discussed in terms of a clinical and aetiological relation between autistic disorder and visual agnosia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Recherche, Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mottron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mineau
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Décarie
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jambaqué
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Labrecque
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pépin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aroichane
mesh_terms: D000377:Agnosia / Q000209:etiology*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D004678:Encephalomalacia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013702:Temporal Lobe