Mirror-writing and reversed repetition of digits in a right-handed patient with left basal ganglia haematoma.
A 57 year old right-handed Chinese man sustained a left basal ganglia haemorrhage resulting in speech disorder and right hemiplegia. He mirror-wrote with his left hand and during speech recovery repeated digits in reverse sequence. The abnormal right to left directionality possibly reflected release of right basal ganglia from left-sided control.
D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology*