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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
We report a patient with complete callosal disconnection syndrome after severe closed head injury. MRI showed a complete destruction of the corpus callosum throughout its length. Although traumatic callosal lesions are a frequent finding in autopsy studies, as well as in some recent MRI studies, clinical signs of callosal disconnection are rarely observed after head injuries and a complete disconnection syndrome has not been reported yet. This case study and the review of other reported cases suggest that posttraumatic callosal disconnection is probably often overlooked. Our patient had also a severe memory disorder that might be partly related to the bilateral involvement of the fornix, as this structure is closely adjacent to the posterior corpus callosum, and was also shown by MRI to be very probably damaged.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0303-8467
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Amnesia, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Anomia, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Apraxias, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Brain Damage, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Coma, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Corpus Callosum, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Head Injuries, Closed, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Hydrocephalus, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Psychomotor Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:7788972-Touch
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Complete callosal disconnection after closed head injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports