Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) territory infarction involving occipital cortical damage can give rise to contralateral homonymous hemianopia. Here, we report two rare cases of patients with lesions in the left hemisphere PCA territory who developed right visuo-spatial neglect. One patient suffered right hemianopia and right visuo-spatial neglect after a stroke that damaged the left primary visual cortex and the callosal splenial fibers. The other unique case is of a patient who had a brain tumor in the posterior cerebral region in the left hemisphere and initially exhibited only right hemianopia that developed into right visuo-spatial neglect after tumor resection that included the splenial fibers. These cases indicate that, as in cases with damage in the right PCA territory, lesions in the left PCA yield visuo-spatial neglect when the damage produces contralateral hemianopia and concomitant disconnection of the splenium of the corpus callosum, which interferes with the arrival of visual inputs from the intact right to the lesioned left hemisphere. These results also emphasize the necessity of sparing the splenial fibers in surgical interventions in patients who exhibit hemianopia.

Splenial Callosal Disconnection in Right Hemianopic Patients Induces Right Visual-Spatial Neglect / Tomaiuolo, F.; Raffa, G.; Campana, S.; Garufi, G.; Lasaponara, S.; Voci, L.; Cardali, S. M.; Germano, A.; Doricchi, F.; Petrides, M.. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - 12:5(2022), p. 640. [10.3390/brainsci12050640]

Splenial Callosal Disconnection in Right Hemianopic Patients Induces Right Visual-Spatial Neglect

Lasaponara S.;Doricchi F.;
2022

Abstract

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) territory infarction involving occipital cortical damage can give rise to contralateral homonymous hemianopia. Here, we report two rare cases of patients with lesions in the left hemisphere PCA territory who developed right visuo-spatial neglect. One patient suffered right hemianopia and right visuo-spatial neglect after a stroke that damaged the left primary visual cortex and the callosal splenial fibers. The other unique case is of a patient who had a brain tumor in the posterior cerebral region in the left hemisphere and initially exhibited only right hemianopia that developed into right visuo-spatial neglect after tumor resection that included the splenial fibers. These cases indicate that, as in cases with damage in the right PCA territory, lesions in the left PCA yield visuo-spatial neglect when the damage produces contralateral hemianopia and concomitant disconnection of the splenium of the corpus callosum, which interferes with the arrival of visual inputs from the intact right to the lesioned left hemisphere. These results also emphasize the necessity of sparing the splenial fibers in surgical interventions in patients who exhibit hemianopia.
2022
clinical neurology; neglect; neuroanatomy; neuropsychology; neurosurgery
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Splenial Callosal Disconnection in Right Hemianopic Patients Induces Right Visual-Spatial Neglect / Tomaiuolo, F.; Raffa, G.; Campana, S.; Garufi, G.; Lasaponara, S.; Voci, L.; Cardali, S. M.; Germano, A.; Doricchi, F.; Petrides, M.. - In: BRAIN SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3425. - 12:5(2022), p. 640. [10.3390/brainsci12050640]
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