title: [Usefulness of neuropsychological studies in the documentation of functional damage in a case of deep frontal lesion].
abstract: A case of patient with deep frontal brain haemorrhage is reported. The lesion is in the striato-caudate region extended to the anterior arm of the internal capsule. The neuropsychological survey is reported: it shows an impairment in functions implying the central processing while not so markedly spoiled are functions classically considered depending on the damaged areas. A SPECT investigation shows an extension of the functional impairment corresponding to the neuropsychological data.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Neurologica dell'Università di Torino, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, Novara.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beltrami
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mortara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mutani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terazzi
mesh_terms: D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Utilità delle indagini neuropsicologiche nel documentare il danno funzionale in un caso di lesione frontale profonda.