Visuospatial impairment in logopenic progressive aphasia: Why do we not “see” it?

Logopenic progressive aphasia (LPA) and posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) have distinct patterns of hypometabolism and atrophy. However, these clinical syndromes overlap: visuospatial impairment has been documented in LPA and aphasia in PCA. Rey‐Osterrieth Complex Figure – Copy (Rey‐O Copy) performance is correlated with parietal‐occipital atrophy in LPA. We explore visuospatial impairment on the Rey‐O Copy in LPA and PCA with the Mayo Older Americans Normative Studies (MOANS; which uses Meyers & Meyers criteria) and the Boston Qualitative Scoring System (BQSS). We also examine the proportion of visuospatial impairment in LPA, an under‐appreciated phenomenon, compared to PCA wherein it is fundamental.