Motor neglect following left thalamic hemorrhage: A case report

We present a report on a patient who developed unilateral motor neglect of the right hemibody after a left thalamic hemorrhage. He presented with pure motor neglect without aphasia, ideomotor apraxia, or unilateral spatial ne glect due to a lesion in the centromedian parafascicular (CMPF) and ventrol ateral (VL) nuclei of the left thalamus. Although unilateral motor neglect is usually associated with right hemispheric lesions, a left thalamic lesio n may also result in isolated motor neglect. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.