title: Spatial neglect in a patient with logopenic progressive aphasia.
abstract: Spatial neglect and extinction are induced by posterior superior temporal and inferior parietal dysfunction. In patients with logopenic progressive aphasia (LPA) these structures are often degenerated, but there are no reports of these disorders being associated. A 53-year-old man with the signs of LPA revealed right-sided spatial neglect on line bisection and drawing tests as well as multimodal extinction. MRI showed left hemispheric posterior temporoparietal atrophy. Since injury to the core structures for these aphasic and attentional syndromes overlaps, patients with LPA should be screened for spatial neglect and extinction.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Florida College of Medicine, The Center for Neuropsychological Studies, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Gainesville , FL , USA.
authors.forename: Eduardo M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zilli
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Florida College of Medicine, The Center for Neuropsychological Studies, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Gainesville , FL , USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Heilman
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001284:Atrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: dementia; extinction; logopenic progressive aphasia; screening; spatial neglect