Cotard and Capgras syndrome after ischemic stroke.
Capgras and Cotard are delusional misidentification syndromes characterized by delusions about oneself, others, places, and objects. To date, there are few cases of comorbidity of both syndromes. We describe a case of aphasic stroke patient affected by cerebral ischemia localized in right temporoparietal region. The patient showed a typical clinical picture of delusional disorder attributable, through psychological assessment, to comorbidity of both Capgras and Cotard syndromes.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Italy.
Fabrizio
F
Sottile
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Neurobioimaging Laboratory, Messina, Italy. Electronic address: lillabonanno@gmail.com.
Lilla
L
Bonanno
Operative Unit, Riuniti Papardo-Piemonte Hospital, Neurology unit, Messina, Italy.
Giuseppina
G
Finzi
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Giorgio
G
Ascenti
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Neurobioimaging Laboratory, Messina, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Silvia
S
Marino
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Neurobioimaging Laboratory, Messina, Italy.
Placido
P
Bramanti
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Neurobioimaging Laboratory, Messina, Italy.
Francesco
F
Corallo
D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D002194:Capgras Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology
Aphasia; Capgras syndrome; Cotard syndrome; misidentification diseases; stroke