Disconnection Syndrome in a Right-Handed Patient with Right Hemispheric Speech Dominance
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in European Neurology
- Vol. 28 (4), 187-190
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000116263
Abstract
The callosal disconnection syndrome is characterized by unilateral (left) tactile anomia, unilateral (left) agraphia and unilateral (left) ideomotor apraxia. We report on a right-handed patient, who developed a callosal disconnection syndrome due to the rupture of an anterior communicant aneurysm. As he had right hemisphere dominance for language and praxis, the signs described above were crossed. He also featured a left alien hand sign and motor aprosody. The authors believe this is the first case of callosal disconnection in a right-hander with crossed language and praxis functions.Keywords
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