A second Leonardo da Vinci?
We describe a young woman who suddenly began mirror writing with her right hand and has not reverted to normal writing for more than 6 years, although she writes normally with her left hand. She is ambidextrous, although she had previously used only her right hand for writing and drawing. Since it is much easier for her to use right-handed mirror writing, she uses her left hand only for writing meant to be read by others and her right hand for all other writing. Her hobbies are sculpture and painting, and her chief complaint is migraine accompanied by sensory and perceptive disturbances.
Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. m-naka27@jd5.so-net.ne.jp
Mitsuko
M
Nakano
Toshitaka
T
Endo
Shigeki
S
Tanaka
D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000033:anatomy & histology