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Subcortical Haemorrhage in the Right Temporal Lobe Exhibiting only Transient Agitated Delirium
Author(s) -
Ohnishi Jiro
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1479-8301
pISSN - 1346-3500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2001.tb00024.x
Subject(s) - delusion , temporal lobe , delirium , psychology , auditory hallucination , parietal lobe , visual hallucination , hyperintensity , occipital lobe , white matter , medicine , neuroscience , anesthesia , magnetic resonance imaging , psychiatry , psychosis , radiology , epilepsy
A 55‐year‐old man with cerebral haemorrhage localized in the rostral subcortical region of the right temporal lobe exhibited a transient agitated delirium (AgD) consisting of the global disorder of attention, irritation, excitation, hallucination, delusion, and excessive movement, and recovered from that without any remaining neurologically defective symptoms. As local lesions that could cause AgD, the right temporal lobe and the right parietal lobe are mainly suggested, but other neurological symptoms such as hemiplegia and hemianopsia are usually present. There has been no report on patients with local injury of the white matter in the right temporal lobe who solely exhibited AgD. Therefore, the present case appeared to be important in distinguishing the disease state exhibiting attentional disorder.