title: Peculiar body representation alterations in hemineglect: a case report.
abstract: We report the case of FP affected by personal and extrapersonal neglect and a body representation deficit characterized by delusional ideas. When FP performed the human figure, he placed body parts to the left, despite his extrapersonal neglect. Differently, when he performed the car figure, he placed all parts to the right, in line with his deficit. Comparing FP with a small patient group with the same clinical features without delusional ideas about body emerged that he was the only one to suffer from a specific body representation deficit characterized by a lack of body ownership sense.
authors.affiliation: a Neuropsychology Unit , I.R.C.C.S. Santa Lucia Foundation , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Vita
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palermo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Piccardi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guariglia
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003702:Delusions / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology
keywords: anosognosia; body ownership; body representation; body schema; personal neglect