2008 Volume 28 Issue 4 Pages 383-391
In this study, we report a case FK with typical reduplicative paramnesia which developed after a circumscribed right frontal lobe hemorrhage. In this case, we were able to follow the clinical and neuropsychological courses of the development of reduplicative paramnesia in detail. The patient showed geographical mislocation of place and double orientation before the appearance of geographical reduplicative paramnesia in which he believed that more than two identical hospitals exist in the world. Given the clinical course of this case, it is possible that his reduplicative paramnesia did not result from visuospatial disorder and frontal executive dysfunction, but rather developed from deficits of self-orientation to the outside world or environments. Dysfunction of the right dorsolateral prefrontal lobe could be considered to play a critical role as the lesion responsible for reduplicative paramnesia.
