Visual hemineglect and hemihallucinations in a patient with a subcortical infarction

Neurology. 1990 Sep;40(9):1463-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.40.9.1463.

Abstract

An alcoholic patient with a mainly right subcortical infarction developed contralateral left-sided neglect and then, in the context of alcohol withdrawal, unilateral hallucinations in the non-neglected right hemispace. It is hypothesized that an interruption of the striatocortical pathways could prevent the right hemisphere from representing appropriately internally produced stimuli.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Infarction / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality
  • Hallucinations / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Vision Disorders / physiopathology*