title: Neglect in children.
abstract: Three children developed neglect following right-hemispheric lesions. In the first, computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a striatoinsular infarction. In the second, CT revealed a large meningioma compressing the right hemisphere, and in the third, CT revealed two intracerebral hemorrhages in the right posterior parietal and occipital lobes. Neglect in these children produced a clinical picture comparable to that occurring in adults, but there was a rapid and complete recovery. The paucity of reports of neglect in children may be a function of the rapid recovery, the phenomenon being missed if not looked for in the acute stage. We conclude that, at least for children aged 6 years or more, the right hemisphere is dominant for directed selective attention.
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014796:Visual Perception