Brainstem tumor presenting with unilateral astereognosis

Ann Neurol. 1980 Aug;8(2):191-2. doi: 10.1002/ana.410080210.

Abstract

A patient with a brainstem tumor presented with astereognosis. The results of CT scan, evoked response studies, and neuropsychological tests all were consistent with a noncortical origin for the sensory defect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Stem* / physiopathology
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Perceptual Disorders / etiology*
  • Stereognosis / physiology*