Abstract
We report the case of a patient affected by a subcortical lesion of the right non-dominant hemisphere, and demonstrate that he had selective constructional disorders by comparing his post-stroke performances with those assessed 18 months before the stroke. A detailed analysis was made of the visuospatial, perceptual, representational and executive competences involved in drawing tasks at one, two and six months post-stroke. Neuropsychological follow-up revealed the progressive recovery of all visuospatial abilities. This study provides some interpretative elements for constructional disorders and, in particular, for the closing-in phenomenon observed only during the subacute phase.
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Descriviamo un paziente affetto da una lesione sottocorticale dell'emisfero destro. Le prestazioni del paziente dopo l'ictus cerebrale, confrontate con quelle osservate prima dell'evento patologico, hanno dimostrato la presenza di selettivi disturbi costruttivi. Abbiamo effettuato un approfondito esame delle prestazioni costruttive, con prove visuospaziali che esplorano i livelli percettivo, rappresentazionale ed esecutivo, esaminando il paziente fino a sei mesi dopo l'ictus. Il follow-up neuropsicologico ha dimostrato un progressivo recupero di tutte le competenze visuospaziali. Questo studio fornisce dunque alcuni elementi interpretativi per i disordini costruttivi ed, in particolare, per il fenomeno del closing-in osservato nelle prime fasi dello studio longitudinale.
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Grossi, D., Calise, G., Correra, C. et al. Selective drawing disorders after right subcortical stroke: a neuropsychological premorbid and follow-up case study. Ital J Neuro Sci 17, 241–248 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01995691
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