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Left hemispatial visual neglect associated with a combined right occipital and splenial lesion: another disconnection
Key Chung Park1, Yong Jeong, Byung Hwa Lee
1Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
Damage to the left occipital lobe and the splenium or forceps major is often associated with pure alexia, thought to be an occipital-temporoparietal disconnection syndrome. A patient with the parallel lesion, a combined right occipital and splenial lesion, showed severe left-sided visual spatial neglect, but no significant neglect in other sensory modalities. This visual neglect might be related to a disconnection between the visual information processed by the left occipital lobe and the right posterior temporal-inferior parietal areas that mediate attention in the left hemispace.
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