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  • Title: Visual agnosia and amnesia from a left unilateral lesion.
    Author: Benke T.
    Journal: Eur Neurol; 1988; 28(4):236-9. PubMed ID: 3416893.
    Abstract:
    This case report describes the behavior of a patient with a visual agnosia of the associative type, developing to optic agnosia at a later stage. Language, general intelligence and right hemisphere functions were well preserved, but recognition of visually presented objects, colors, faces, words, and complex stimuli was impaired. Agnosia was accompanied by a multimodal amnestic syndrome. CT displayed a focal left hemisphere lesion. The observed pathomorphology is not consistent with a bilateral visuolimbic disconnection syndrome, as suggested from previous case studies. Significant components of visual semantic processing may be executed by the left hemisphere.
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