Somatoparaphrenia
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Somatoparaphrenia is a type of monothematic delusion where one denies ownership of a limb or an entire side of one's body. As an example, a patient would believe that her or his own arm would belong to the doctor, or that another patient left it behind.
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[edit] Causes
It is believed that this disorder is caused by parietal or biparietal strokes.[citation needed]
[edit] Somatoparaphrenia in popular culture
In the fourth episode of the first season of the short-lived medical drama 3 lbs, a veteran who has suffered a stroke claims his left arm belongs to another soldier, who died. On the show, the condition is diagnosed as anosognosia, denial of one's sickness.
In the fifth episode of the fourth season of Grey's anatomy, a man suffering from somatoparaphrenia, misdiagnosed as body dysmorphic disorder, wants the doctors to amputate his foot because it does not belong to him.
In episode ten, "In Case of Co-Dependents", of the first season of A Gifted Man, one of the main characters, Anton, becomes afflicted with somatoparaphrenia after suffering from a gun shot. The limb in question was his left arm. His delusion is cured through cold water irrigation in his left ear.
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[edit] References
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=817
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