title: Visual hallucinations of autobiographic memory and asomatognosia: a case of epilepsy due to brain cysticercosis.
abstract: The current study describes the case of a woman with symptomatic epilepsy due to brain cysticercosis acquired during childhood. During her adolescence, she developed seizures characterized by metamorphopsia, hallucinations of autobiographic memory and, finally, asomatognosia. Magnetic brain imaging showed a calcified lesion in the right occipitotemporal cortex, and positron emission tomography imaging confirmed the presence of interictal hypometabolism in two regions: the right parietal cortex and the right lateral and posterior temporal cortex. We discuss the link between these brain areas and the symptoms described under the concepts of epileptogenic lesion, epileptogenic zone, functional deficit zone, and symptomatogenic zone.
authors.affiliation: a Neuropsychiatry Unit , National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery , Mexico City , Mexico.
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Orjuela-Rojas
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Bermúdez
authors.forename: Iris E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Martínez-Juárez
authors.forename: Nora Estela
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Kerik
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Diaz Meneses
authors.forename: Fernanda Juárez
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Gay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications*; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: asomatognosia; autobiographical hallucinations; epilepsy; metamorphopsia; neurocysticercosis