A case of aneurysmal subarchnoid haemorrhage and superficial siderosis complicated by prospagnosia, simultagnosia and alexia without agraphia

Mohammed Fadelalla, Avinash Kanodia (Lead / Corresponding author), Mustafa Elsheikh, John Ellis, Vivien Smith, Kismet Hossain-Ibrahim

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    Abstract

    A 42-year-old lady presented with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage and developed difficulty recognising faces (prosopagnosia), inability to process visual information in busy environments (simultagnosia) and difficulty to read (alexia). She was subsequently found to have superficial siderosis on MRI.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)865-868
    Number of pages4
    JournalBritish Journal of Neurosurgery
    Volume37
    Issue number4
    Early online date2 Dec 2019
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2023

    Keywords

    • Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
    • alexia without agraphia
    • prospagnosia
    • simultangosia
    • superficial siderosis

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Surgery
    • Clinical Neurology

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