title: Potential relationship of self-injurious behavior to right temporo-parietal lesions.
abstract: Self-injurious behavior (SIB) is associated with several neurologic and psychiatric syndromes but rarely with focal lesions. Two patients with lesions of the right temporo-parietal junction presented to psychiatric inpatient services with SIB in the absence of notable neurologic deficits or suicidal ideation. Right temporo-parietal lesions may be associated with disturbances of agency and body ownership, both of which may facilitate SIB. Misoplegia, or hatred of a limb, may be associated with SIB and has been reported without hemiplegia with a right temporo-parietal lesion. Further study is warranted to improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying SIB.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Shaina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borah
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Brice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , CO , USA.|b Division of Neurology , Denver Health Medical Center , Denver , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurology , University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Benzi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kluger
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Stroke; laterality; parietal lobe; self-injurious behavior (SIB); temporal lobe