[Mirror writing secondary to left parietal-occipital infarction].
BACKGROUND
Mirror writing is a rare disorder in which the patient's handwriting is done backwards and a mirror is needed to be able to read it. Although mirror writing presents both spontaneously and pathologically, it is mainly due to cerebrovascular lesions in the dominant hemisphere.


METHODS
A right-handed 62-year-old female who, following a left parietal-occipital infarction, evidenced by computerized tomography scanning, developed mirror writing with the left hand associated with mnemonic, gnosic and praxic disorders. The symptoms continued for a year after the episode.


CONCLUSIONS
Mirror writing and other associated disorders are a consequence of a dysfunction of the left parietal-occipital lobe and the optic thalamus on the same side.
Torres
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L
Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Especializado en Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru. torresl@terra.com.pe
Ballón-Manrique
B
B
Mori-Quispe
N
N
D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014956:Writing