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Three cases are presented in patients all of whom sustained focal left fron
tal traumatic injury to the brain. Although each case was selected because
of a neuroimaging-identified frontal lesion, the point is made that the beh
avioral significance of such lesions is defined by the neuropsychological e
xamination process, and not the specific size, location, or type of lesion.
While neuroimaging information is critical to the comprehensive evaluation
of the neurologic patient, neuroimaging findings alone have only limited p
redictive ability with regard to neurobehavioral syndromes. The key role of
information from neuropsychological test data, combined with neuroimaging
findings to fully evaluate the neurologic patient, is made. (C) 2001 Nation
al Academy of Neuropsychology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.