Sudden onset of visual processing

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A 48-year-old man with a sudden onset of visual processing was seen by a neurologist, who noted normal sensorimotor functions and normal visual field processing. Nonetheless, the patient had a problem in recognizing even familiar faces. A brain MRI study revealed an infarct in the left occipitotemporal (fusiform) gyrus. This condition of selected recognition failure of familiar faces is called:

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