Acquired ocular-motor apraxia and right-sided cortical angioma.
A case of acquired ocular-motor apraxia featured by failure in voluntary initiation of lid closure, horizontal and vertical eye movements is reported. Electrographic and neuropsychological assessment pointed out several signs referable to bilateral frontal and right parietal lobe involvement, confirmed by neuroradiological finding.
D001072:Apraxias / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005133:Eye Movements; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011581:Psychological Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology