Pontine anosognosia for hemiplegia

Four patients had anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) as a manifestation of pontine infarction in the mediolateral region. Patients with AHP syndrome had no mental and neuropsychologic disturbances, and all had involvement of the medial or lateral part of the pons (medial or lateral pontine reticular n...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurology 1999-08, Vol.53 (3), p.647-649
Hauptverfasser:	EVYAPAN, D, KUMRAL, E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Awareness Biological and medical sciences Cerebral Infarction - complications Cerebral Infarction - diagnostic imaging Cerebral Infarction - pathology Female Hemiplegia - complications Hemiplegia - physiopathology Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Neurology Pons - diagnostic imaging Pons - pathology Pons - physiopathology Syndrome Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	Four patients had anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) as a manifestation of pontine infarction in the mediolateral region. Patients with AHP syndrome had no mental and neuropsychologic disturbances, and all had involvement of the medial or lateral part of the pons (medial or lateral pontine reticular nuclei). Brainstem lesions, which activate frontoparietosubcortical areas, may be a critical factor in the development of AHP syndrome.
ISSN:	0028-3878 1526-632X
DOI:	10.1212/wnl.53.3.647