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Progressive macrographia for block letter writing: A case study.
Cortex
November 2021
Department of Neuroscience & Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy. Electronic address:
"Macrographia", a relatively rare symptom generally following cerebellar diseases, consists of an abnormally large handwriting. The case reported in the present investigation shows several outstanding features. First, it is of the progressive variety, letters increase in size as one goes through the word towards the lower-right portion of space.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVisuospatial deficits due to impaired visual attention: investigation of two cases of slowly progressive visuospatial impairment.
Cortex
April 2003
Division of Neuropsychology, Department of Disability Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Two patients with slowly progressive visuospatial impairment demonstrated a peculiar type of visuoconstructive deficit. The most prominent manifestation appeared when handling kanji (logogram) characters and other figurative patterns. The patients showed pure agraphia for complex kanji but not for kana (syllabogram) or Arabic numerals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Non-persistent "doll phenomenon" in a patient with right thalamic infarction].
Rinsho Shinkeigaku
October 2002
Department of Neurology, Yamada Red Cross Hospital.
An 81-year-old right-handed woman was admitted because of acute dysarthria and left hemiparesis. She had lived herself without aids until the admission. On neurological examination she was confused and disoriented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeculiar aspects of reading and writing performances in patients with olivopontocerebellar atrophy.
Percept Mot Skills
April 2002
Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Patologia Generale, U.C.O. di Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy.
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) is a still debated condition, of which motor disruption is the most common feature. A high incidence of associated mood disorders may exist, but there are few studies on concomitant cognitive impairment. Our aim was to assess whether there is reading and writing disruption in olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDystypia: isolated typing impairment without aphasia, apraxia or visuospatial impairment.
Eur Neurol
June 2002
Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.
We report a 60-year-old right-handed Japanese man who showed an isolated persistent typing impairment without aphasia, agraphia, apraxia or any other neuropsychological deficit. We coined the term 'dystypia' for this peculiar neuropsychological manifestation. The symptom was caused by an infarction in the left frontal lobe involving the foot of the second frontal convolution and the frontal operculum.
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