Agraphia of the left hand with dysfunction of the left superior parietal region without callosal lesions
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A 28-year-old right-handed man noticed weakness in his legs, three days after an ephedrine overdose. Initial brain magnetic resonance imaging showed lesions in the parietal regions bilaterally. Computed tomography angiography showed segmental and multifocal vasoconstriction of the cerebral arteries. After treatment, clinical and radiological findings resolved, suggesting the patient had reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. However, he had residual agraphia of the left hand. Language testing revealed no difficulties in oral expression, auditory comprehension, understanding of written language, or writing with the right hand. I-123 iodoamphetamine single-photon emission computed tomography showed residual dysfunction in the left superior parietal lobule. There were no apparent signs of other disconnection syndromes or neuroimaging abnormalities in the corpus callosum. We diagnosed left-hand agraphia due to left parietal dysfunction. Our case suggests that left superior parietal dysfunction without callosal lesions is a possible cause of left-hand agraphia. Neural mechanisms for writing with the right or left hand may be separable at the cortical level.
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