Right-side neglect in Alzheimer's disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Unilateral neglect--the inability to pay attention to events occurring on one side of space--usually occurs for left-side events after focal right-hemisphere damage. We report a 73-year-old woman with probable AD and no evidence of focal brain lesions who showed signs of right-side neglect and extinction. Neglect was more severe after 1 year. Neuroimaging techniques demonstrated an asymmetry of cortical involvement, with cortical atrophy and hypoperfusion predominant in the left posterior regions. Unilateral neglect should be assessed systematically in AD.
Medical subject headings
- Alzheimer Disease
- Attention
- Dominance, Cerebral
- Perceptual Disorders
- Space Perception