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| ArticleTitle | Defective route finding associated with right temporal subcortical hemorrhage |
| Language | J |
| AuthorList | Yuichiro Inatomi1), Toshiko Yoshinaga2), Koichi Tagawa3), Toshiro Yonehara1), Teruyuki Hirano4) and Makoto Uchino4) |
| Affiliation |
1) Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital 2) Department of Rehabilitation, Yoshizuka-Hayashi Hospital 3) Center of Higher Brain Dysfunction, Haradoi Hospital 4) Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University |
| Publication | Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 22 (3), 226-232, 2006 |
| Received | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Accepted | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Abstract | A 81-year-old woman was suffered from defective route finding due to subcortical hemorrhage. She was difficult in mapping and pointing in the map about well-known and new region. She did not have any other neurological deficits including agnosia for streets. The site of lesion was limited in the right postero-lateral temporal subcortical region. The posterior portion of the splenius and the medial portion of the parietal lobe were spared. |
| Keywords | topographical agnosia, defective route finding, intracerebral hemorrhage, temporal lobe |
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