Visual agnosia with bilateral temporo-occipital brain lesions in a child with autistic disorder: a case study.
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.
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Service de Recherche, Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Mineau
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Décarie
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Jambaqué
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Labrecque
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Pépin
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Aroichane
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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