Visually induced central pain and arm withdrawal after right parietal lobe infarction.
A 46 year old man with ischaemic infarction of the right parietal cortex had left hemianaesthesia when his eyes were closed. With eyes open, visual stimuli induced withdrawal of the arm and a burning pain in the numb side of the body. Visually induced central pain is a new clinical finding and may be related to damage of cells with anticipatory inhibitory function in the parietal association cortex.
University Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
T U
TU
Hoogenraad
L M
LM
Ramos
J
J
van Gijn
D001132:Arm; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010775:Photic Stimulation