Altitudinal neglect in a patient with occipital infarction.
Visual neglect has been frequently described in a horizontal direction. Altitudinal neglect, however, has rarely been described and has been associated with bilateral lesions in the parieto-occipital or temporo-occipital region. The following case report presents a patient with marked altitudinal neglect of the inferior space which was elicited using a line bisection test. The previously healthy patient had well-defined lesions solely in the occipital cortex following an embolic infarction. The present case report underlines the possibility that bioccipital lesions themselves can be responsible for altitudinal neglect.
Ergun-Marterer
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Rehabilitation Centre for Head Injury Patients, Meidling, AUVA, Vienna, Austria.
Ergun
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Mentes
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Oder
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D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology*