Palpatory apraxia.
A case of 'palpatory' apraxia is reported. The apraxia was characterized by clumsiness of the left hand in the manipulation of objects with preservation of power and finger motility in visual imitation. From the analysis of the patient's behavior and associated sensory findings, a defect of a higher-order sensory system was speculated as a basis of clumsiness.
D000368:Aged; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology