Análisis neuropsicológico de un caso con anosognosia / Neuropsychological analysis of a case with anosognosia
Rev. chil. neuro-psiquiatr
;
58(3): 294-299, set. 2020. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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RESUMEN
Resumen La anosognosia es un trastorno neuropsicológico que genera en el paciente una incapacidad para tener un estado de conciencia pleno sobre su enfermedad o déficit, producto de una injuria cerebral. En este artículo reportamos el análisis de un caso que producto de un traumatismo craneoencefálico presentó esta alteración cerebral. El análisis neuropsicológico inicia con la descripción clínica del caso, su estado premórbido, el relato familiar del estado actual y un análisis neuropsicológico que sustenta la hipótesis diagnóstica de anosognosia. Se discute el caso presentado en base a la necesidad de realizar diagnósticos precisos y proponer programas de rehabilitación neuropsicológica para que los pacientes con anosognosia sufran el menor impacto posible en las actividades de su vida diaria producto del trastorno cerebral adquirido.
ABSTRACT
Anosognosia is a neuropsychological disorder that generates in the patient an inability to have a state of full awareness about their disease or deficit due to brain injury. In this article we report the analysis of a case that, due to a head injury, presented this brain disorder. The neuropsychological analysis begins with the clinical description of the case, its premorbid status, the family report of the current state and a neuropsychological analysis of the symptoms presented that support the diagnostic hypothesis of anosognosia. The case presented is discussed based on the need to make accurate diagnoses and propose neuropsychological rehabilitation programs so that patients with anosognosia suffer the least possible impact on the activities of their daily lives as a result of acquired brain disorder.
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Main subject:
Awareness
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Consciousness
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Agnosia
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Craniocerebral Trauma
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Neuropsychology
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. neuro-psiquiatr
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Psychiatry
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ecuador
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Eugenio Espejo/EC
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador/EC
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