title: Right personal neglect following a left hemisphere stroke. A case report.
abstract: Neglect phenomena may occur in both extrapersonal and personal space. Whereas extrapersonal neglect has been found associated with both right- and left-sided brain lesions, no case of right personal neglect following a left-sided lesion has been so far reported. We describe a right-handed female patient who, after two left-hemisphere strokes, exhibited a florid personal neglect, but no extrapersonal neglect, anosognosia or somatoparaphrenia. The symptom persisted for a few weeks and then gradually disappeared. At least in the early phase of disease, a personal neglect can also be observed in patients with left brain damage.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Università di Verona, Italy. andrea@borgoroma.univr.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peru
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinna
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010550:Personal Space; D012008:Recurrence