Motor neglect following left thalamic hemorrhage: a case report

J Neurol Sci. 1999 Dec 1;171(1):69-71. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00246-4.

Abstract

We present a report on a patient who developed unilateral motor neglect of the right hemibody after a left thalamic hemorrhage. He presented with pure motor neglect without aphasia, ideomotor apraxia, or unilateral spatial neglect due to a lesion in the centromedian parafascicular (CMPF) and ventrolateral (VL) nuclei of the left thalamus. Although unilateral motor neglect is usually associated with right hemispheric lesions, a left thalamic lesion may also result in isolated motor neglect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Functional Laterality*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Movement Disorders / diagnosis
  • Movement Disorders / etiology*
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Paresis / diagnosis
  • Paresis / etiology*
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Thalamic Diseases / complications*
  • Thalamic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Thalamic Nuclei / blood supply
  • Thalamic Nuclei / diagnostic imaging
  • Thalamic Nuclei / pathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed