Pure agraphia and unilateral optic ataxia associated with a left superior parietal lobule lesion.
Impairment in visually guided reaching and pure agraphia are described in a patient with a left superior parietal embolic infarction. Identification of these disorders required specific but simple test procedures. Both disorders may reflect disruption of specific integrative functions of the superior parietal lobule.
D000381:Agraphia / Q000209:etiology*; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D014785:Vision, Ocular