AI Article Synopsis
- A 32-year-old man experienced unusual visual symptoms and nonsensical verbal reactions after recovering from a severe asthma attack, indicating a possible conversion disorder with Ganser-like features.
- Utilization of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) revealed bilateral brain lesions in areas responsible for visual and auditory processing, likely caused by a lack of oxygen (hypoxia).
- PET imaging allowed for a detailed connection between the man's specific brain damage and his unique cognitive and speech issues, providing insights that hadn't been achievable in similar cases before.
Article Abstract
Bizarre visual symptoms and absurd verbal responses to questions, in a 32-year-old man recovering from a severe asthma episode, suggested a possible conversion disorder with Ganser-like symptoms. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)revealed bilateral lesions involving occipital association cortex and posterior temporal and parietal lobes, most likely infarcts from hypoxia. PET permitted correlation of the patient's specific cortical lesions with his unusual perceptual, cognitive, and speech symptoms, including Ganser-like state, to a degree not previously possible in such cases.
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