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Left-right disorientation

MedGen UID:
601879
•Concept ID:
C0422885
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Allochiria; Allochirias
SNOMED CT: Left-right confusion (1943009); Allochiria (1943009); Right-left disorientation (1943009)
 
HPO: HP:6000000

Definition

A tendency to mix up left and right in one's own body space, typically elicited by asking a person to perform a two-stage command involving specified lateralized anatomy. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLeft-right disorientation

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Diagnosis

A case of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-antibody-associated disease presenting with tumefactive demyelinating lesion.
Ataka T, Kimura N, Matsubara E
Mult Scler Relat Disord 2020 Aug;43:102191. Epub 2020 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102191. PMID: 32474283
Gerstmann syndrome: historic and current perspectives.
Rusconi E
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;151:395-411. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00020-6. PMID: 29519471
Spatial neglect, Balint-Homes' and Gerstmann's syndrome, and other spatial disorders.
Vallar G
CNS Spectr 2007 Jul;12(7):527-36. doi: 10.1017/s1092852900021271. PMID: 17603404
Right parietal stroke with Gerstmann's syndrome. Appearance on computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and single-photon emission computed tomography.
Moore MR, Saver JL, Johnson KA, Romero JA
Arch Neurol 1991 Apr;48(4):432-5. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530160102023. PMID: 2012521

Therapy

Brain activation related to the change between bimanual motor programs.
de Jong BM, Willemsen AT, Paans AM
Neuroimage 1999 Mar;9(3):290-7. doi: 10.1006/nimg.1998.0410. PMID: 10075899

Clinical prediction guides

Mirror writing resulting from an egocentric representation disorder: a case report.
Canzano L, Piccardi L, Bureca I, Guariglia C
Neurocase 2011 Oct;17(5):447-60. Epub 2011 Aug 10 doi: 10.1080/13554794.2010.532143. PMID: 21830864
Mirror writing of Chinese characters in children and neurologic patients.
Wang XD
Chin Med J (Engl) 1992 Apr;105(4):306-11. PMID: 1618013

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