Pure topographic disorientation: A distinctive syndrome with varied localization. Neurology 2000 May 09;54(9):1864-6
Date
05/10/2000Pubmed ID
10802802DOI
10.1212/wnl.54.9.1864Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0034624936 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 38 CitationsAbstract
Pure topographic disorientation (TD), defined as impaired recall of routes in familiar surroundings, has been attributed to lesions of the right parahippocampus. The authors present three patients encountered consecutively with TD and compare them to previously published cases. Lesions causing TD included a right splenial/cuneus infarct, a right > left medial temporo-occipital infarct, and a left splenial infarct. TD as an isolated symptom may occur from lesion in a variety of posterior medial locations, including the parahippocampus, splenium, and retrosplenial cortex.
Author List
Alsaadi T, Binder JR, Lazar RM, Doorani T, Mohr JPAuthor
Jeffrey R. Binder MD Professor in the Neurology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AgedBrain Mapping
Cerebral Cortex
Cerebral Infarction
Confusion
Corpus Callosum
Female
Hippocampus
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Orientation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed