Right hemiplegia and spatial neglect with apraxia and agraphia without aphasia in a right-handed patient

A 65 year-old right-handed woman was admitted after the sudden onset of a right dense hemiplegia. C.T. showed a large left infarction in the middle cerebral artery territory. There was a slight anosognosia and neglect of the right space without confusion. She had aprosodia but no aphasia. On the oth...

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Published in:	Revue neurologique Vol. 146; no. 5; p. 368
Main Authors:	Lanoe, Y, Liger, C, Fabry, B, Lanoe, A, Sahloul, M R, Benoit, T, Ghnassia, R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	French
Published:	France 1990
Subjects:	Aged Agraphia - etiology Apraxias - etiology Cerebral Infarction - complications Dominance, Cerebral Female Functional Laterality Hemiplegia - etiology Humans Space Perception Time Factors
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Summary:	A 65 year-old right-handed woman was admitted after the sudden onset of a right dense hemiplegia. C.T. showed a large left infarction in the middle cerebral artery territory. There was a slight anosognosia and neglect of the right space without confusion. She had aprosodia but no aphasia. On the other hand, there was a severe apraxia and all the components of Gerstmann's syndrome were present. This suggests an unusual sattering of hemispheric functional dominances.
ISSN:	0035-3787