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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bateman, David

Titel

Dickens: an alternative diagnosis

Ist Teil von

• The Lancet (British edition), 2002-04, Vol.359 (9313), p.1253-1253

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The nature of [Charles Dickens]' initial visual symptoms in 1868 are unclear, but his description of the same disorder that recurred in March 1870 leaves little doubt that Dickens was describing a recurrent temporary left homonymous hemianopia, not spatial neglect. Patients with spatial neglect are unaware of their deficit. A homonymous hemianopia localises the disorder to the right occipital cortex, not the temporoparietal area. These episodes were due to transient ischaemic attacks in the right posterior circulation.