[Visual hemineglect as presenting symptom of right parietal tumors].
4 patients with malignant right parietal brain tumors (2 with gliomas and 2 with metastases) presented with difficulties in driving due to visual hemineglect, thought at first to be due to absent-mindedness or forgetfulness. Visual neglect is one aspect of the syndrome of unilateral neglect, which is a selective disturbance in the internal representation of the body image and processing of information from the extrapersonal space. The cerebral mechanisms underlying the phenomenon are reviewed.
Aharon-Peretz
J
J
Dept. of Neurology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.
Feinsod
M
M
D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D001828:Body Image; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D013577:Syndrome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*