Buccofacial apraxia without aphasia due to a right parietal lesion

Ann Neurol. 1985 Oct;18(4):512-4. doi: 10.1002/ana.410180416.

Abstract

Buccofacial praxis in right-handers is thought to be mediated by the left hemisphere. We present the case of a right-handed man without family history of sinistrality who exhibited a buccofacial apraxia following a unilateral right parietal infarction. Other findings such as intact language, visuospatial impairment, and hemi-inattention are more characteristic of right posterior lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Apraxias / etiology*
  • Apraxias / physiopathology
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Cheek
  • Facial Muscles*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parietal Lobe*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed