Dysgraphia after right hemisphere stroke. 1985

D E Hartman, and S J Briggs, and B Vishwanat

Acquired dysgraphia has been described as a disorder of graphemic selection and spatial temporal disorganization which can exist in isolation or as a component of a broader language or cognitive syndrome. There is little agreement on the locus of writing centers, although select areas within the left hemisphere have been suggested. We describe a patient who had dysgraphia after a right hemispheric stroke. He had no demonstrable signs of limb apraxia or visual field deficit, and only subtle signs of language impairment other than the writing disturbance. Treatment emphasized progressively more complex writing tasks which included the following: (1) written responses to picture/word stimuli, (2) word and sentence dictation, and (3) self-generated sentences and functional writing tasks. At discharge from the hospital the patient's writing was within normal limits. Our findings were similar to those described for a patient with a left hemispheric stroke who was primarily dysgraphic. We conclude that our patient's dysgraphia was a component of a subtle aphasia as well as a spatial temporal disorganization disorder.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002561 Cerebrovascular Disorders A spectrum of pathological conditions of impaired blood flow in the brain. They can involve vessels (ARTERIES or VEINS) in the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Major categories include INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; and others. Brain Vascular Disorders,Intracranial Vascular Disorders,Vascular Diseases, Intracranial,Cerebrovascular Diseases,Cerebrovascular Insufficiency,Cerebrovascular Occlusion,Brain Vascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Disease,Cerebrovascular Disorder,Cerebrovascular Insufficiencies,Cerebrovascular Occlusions,Disease, Cerebrovascular,Diseases, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiencies, Cerebrovascular,Insufficiency, Cerebrovascular,Intracranial Vascular Disease,Intracranial Vascular Diseases,Intracranial Vascular Disorder,Occlusion, Cerebrovascular,Occlusions, Cerebrovascular,Vascular Disease, Intracranial,Vascular Disorder, Brain,Vascular Disorder, Intracranial,Vascular Disorders, Brain,Vascular Disorders, Intracranial
D004292 Dominance, Cerebral Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other in cerebral functions. Cerebral Dominance,Hemispheric Specialization,Dominances, Cerebral,Specialization, Hemispheric
D006236 Handwriting Manual writing with a pen or pencil.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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