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

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.

Keywords:

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

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the patient described in this case report for consenting to discussion and publication of their case history

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