Asymmetric Bálint's syndrome with multimodal agnosia, bilateral agraphesthesia, and ineffective kinesthetic reading due to subcortical hemorrhage in the left parieto-occipito-temporal area. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sakurai, Yasuhisa; Kakumoto, Toshiyuki; Takenaka, Yuto; Matsumoto, Hideyuki
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 26:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 328
• Page End: 339
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: Bálint's syndrome -- multimodal agnosia -- graphesthesia -- global alexia -- agraphia -- kinesthetic reading; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2020.1831546
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We report a patient with asymmetric Bálint's syndrome (predominantly right-sided oculomotor apraxia and simultanagnosia and optic ataxia for the right hemispace), and multimodal agnosia (apperceptive visual agnosia and bilateral associative tactile agnosia) with accompanying right hemianopia, bilateral agraphesthesia, hemispatial neglect, global alexia with unavailable kinesthetic reading, and lexical agraphia for kanji (Japanese morphograms), after hemorrhage in the left parieto-occipito-temporal area. The coexistence of tactile agnosia, bilateral agraphesthesia, and ineffective kinesthetic reading suggests that tactile-kinesthetic information can be interrupted because of damage to the fiber connection from the parietal lobe to the occipito-temporal area, leading to these tactually related cognitive impairments.