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Astereognosia

MedGen UID:
65881
•Concept ID:
C0234505
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: Astereognosia (disease)
SNOMED CT: Asterognosia (25094008); Tactile agnosia (25094008); Astereognosis (25094008); Astereognosia (25094008); Tactile amnesia (25094008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000680

Definition

An agnosia that is the loss of the ability to recognize objects by touch based on its texture, size and weight. [from MONDO]

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PubMed

Identification, diagnosis and treatment of prosopagnosia.
Shah P
Br J Psychiatry 2016 Jan;208(1):94-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.208.1.94b. PMID: 26729846
Management of Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
Mikati MA, Shamseddine AN
Paediatr Drugs 2005;7(6):377-89. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200507060-00006. PMID: 16356025
Clinical management of agnosia.
Burns MS
Top Stroke Rehabil 2004 Winter;11(1):1-9. doi: 10.1310/N13K-YKYQ-3XX1-NFAV. PMID: 14872395

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Etiology

Hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Aetiology and outcome.
Uvebrant P
Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl 1988;345:1-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb14939.x. PMID: 3201989

Diagnosis

Stereoanesthesia or astereognosia?
Kararizou E, Lykomanos D, Kosma A, Kokotis P, Giatas K, Markou I, Vassilopoulos D
Neurol Sci 2009 Oct;30(5):409-11. Epub 2009 Jul 8 doi: 10.1007/s10072-009-0117-8. PMID: 19585078
Tactile apraxia: unimodal apractic disorder of tactile object exploration associated with parietal lobe lesions.
Binkofski F, Kunesch E, Classen J, Seitz RJ, Freund HJ
Brain 2001 Jan;124(Pt 1):132-44. doi: 10.1093/brain/124.1.132. PMID: 11133793
Unilateral opercular macrogyria and benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal (rolandic) spikes: report of a case.
Ambrosetto G
Epilepsia 1992 May-Jun;33(3):499-503. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01699.x. PMID: 1592027

Therapy

Tactile apraxia: unimodal apractic disorder of tactile object exploration associated with parietal lobe lesions.
Binkofski F, Kunesch E, Classen J, Seitz RJ, Freund HJ
Brain 2001 Jan;124(Pt 1):132-44. doi: 10.1093/brain/124.1.132. PMID: 11133793

Prognosis

Hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Aetiology and outcome.
Uvebrant P
Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl 1988;345:1-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb14939.x. PMID: 3201989

Clinical prediction guides

Somatosensory and motor disturbances in patients with parietal lobe lesions.
Freund HJ
Adv Neurol 2003;93:179-93. PMID: 12894408

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