Transient Capgras Syndrome Secondary to Bilateral Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report.

Authors

Manveer Garcha, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Keithan Sivakumar MD, MBA, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Megan Leary MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Hussam A. Yacoub MD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2018

Abstract

Capgras syndrome is one of a variety of delusional misidentification syndromes that can be associated with acute ischemic stroke, neurodegenerative disease, or metabolic conditions. Most cases reported in the literature are associated with frontal and/or parietal lobe involvement. Transient Capgras syndrome is rare but has been reported. We present a case of transient Capgras syndrome following bilateral cerebral ischemic infarcts in the frontal, parietal, and temporal regions, and involving the right prefrontal cortex. To our knowledge, transient Capgras syndrome with rapid resolution over a period of days is rare.

Volume

31

Issue

2

First Page

96

Last Page

98

ISSN

1543-3641

Published In/Presented At

Garcha, M. Sivakumar, K. Leary, M. Yacoub, H. A. (2018). Transient Capgras Syndrome Secondary to Bilateral Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report. Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, 31(2), 96-98. doi: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000152.

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Neurology

PubMedID

29927800

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty, Department of Medicine Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article