Table 2.
Clinical characteristics and semiology in patients with DP.
| Patient | Diagnosis | Lesion | Lesion analysis | Neurology | Semiology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP 1 | Epilepsy/dysplasia | Parietal cortex (L) | MRI, EEG, PET, SPECT | Vertigo and tinnitus | Feeling to lose the control over the right hemi‐body, feeling of the right arm being elevated while the right side of the trunk was lowered relative to the left side |
| DP 2 | Epilepsy/oligodendroglioma | Frontal cortex (R) | MRI, EEG, PET, SPECT | Impaired short term and working memory | Altered touch (whole body), dissociation of body and mind (feeling detached of the body without leaving the body) |
| DP 3 | Epilepsy/autoimmune | Temporal cortex (R) | MRI, EEG, PET, SPECT | Executive dysfunction | Feeling that someone enters her body, takes control of the body |
| DP 4 | Epilepsy/dysplasia | Frontal cortex (R) | MRI, EEG, PET, SPECT | Normal | Feeling that his body is useless, is not feeling his body, he thinks that his body is disconnected from his head |
| DP 5 | Epilepsy/DNET | Parieto‐occipital cortex (R) | MRI, EEG, PET, SPECT | Normal | Detachment of physical body, strong visual‐vestibular sensations |
| DP 6 | Epilepsy/posttraumatic | Frontal and temporo‐parietal cortex (R) | MRI, EEG | Left hemi‐neglect (visual, sensory, auditory)/Anosognosia and prosopagnosia | Detachment of physical body, strong visual‐vestibular sensations |
| DP 7 | Epilepsy/inflammatory lesion | Frontal cortex (L) | MRI, EEG, SPECT | Discrete motor hemi‐syndrome right/Semantic paraphasia | Altered touch of the right hand has changed, right side of body feels strange |
| DP 8 | Epilepsy/neurocysteriosis | Frontal cortex, Insula (R) | MRI, EEG | Left hemi‐spatial neglect/left‐sided diadochokinesis and dysmetria | Loosing control of left hand, detachment and feeling of a presence |
| DP 9 | Epilepsy/vasculitis | Frontal and occipital cortex (L) | MRI, EEG | Right sided sensorimotor hemi‐syndrome, right hemianopia | Sensation of body distortion, detachment |
PET, positron emission tomography; MRI, magnet resonance imaging; EEG, electroencephalography; SPECT, single photon emission computed tomography; MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute.