It was Pick's opinion that this symptom, which he called autotopographia or autotopagnosia, could not be accounted for by aphasia, apraxia, or general ...Ourwebsiteusescookiestoenhanceyourexperience.Bycontinuingtouseoursite,orclicking"Continue,"youareagreeingtoourCookiePolicy | Continue[SkiptoNavigation]TwitterFacebookEmailMoreThisIssueDownloadPDFFullTextShareTwitterFacebookEmailLinkedInCiteThisPermissionsArticleSeptember 1970Autotopagnosia:FictionorReality?ReportofaCaseEnnioDeRenzi,MD;GiuseppeScotti,MDAuthorAffiliationsMilan,ItalyFromtheClinicforNervousandMentalDiseases,UniversityofMilan,Milan,Italy.Dr.DeRenziisnowwiththeClinicforNervousandMentalDiseases,UniversityofTrieste,Trieste,Italy.ArchNeurol.1970;23(3):221-227.doi:10.1001/archneur.1970.00480270031005visualabstracticonVisualAbstracteditorialcommenticonEditorialCommentrelatedarticlesiconRelatedArticlesauthorinterviewiconInterviewsmultimediaiconMultimediaFullTextAbstractIN1908and1922,Pick1,2describedtwopatientssufferingrespectivelyfromseniledementiaandinternalhydrocephalus,whomadestrikingerrorsinpointingtovariouspartsofthebodyonverbalcommand,althoughtheyrecognizedthepartassoonastheirhandhappenedtotouchit.ItwasPick'sopinionthatthissymptom,whichhecalledautotopographiaorautotopagnosia,couldnotbeaccountedforbyaphasia,apraxia,orgeneraldementia,andthatitreflectedtheimpairmentofadiscreteability,thebodyimage(VorstellungsbilddesKörpers).SincePick,veryfewcasesofautotopagnosiahavebeenreported.3-8Nevertheless,thissymptomisregularlymentionedinalldiscussionsondisordersofcorporealawarenessbecauseitseemstorepresentthemostcompleteandconvincingexampleofdisorientationofthehumanbodyand,thus,itapparentlyprovidesstrongsupporttotherealityoftheconceptof"bodyschema."AlthoughthisnotionisfarFullTextDownloadPDFFullTextCiteThisCitationDeRenziE,ScottiG.Autotopagnosia:FictionorReality?ReportofaCase.ArchNeurol.1970;23(3):221–227.doi:10.1001/archneur.1970.00480270031005Downloadcitationfile:Ris(Zotero)EndNoteBibTexMedlarsProCiteRefWorksReferenc