Neonatal stroke leads to cognitive deficits that may include hemispatial neglect. Hemispatial neglect is a syndrome after stroke that patients fail to be aware of stimuli on the side of space and body opposite a brain lesion. We report here a 7-year-old girl who suffered neonatal right brain stroke and underwent right hemispherectomy due to refractory epilepsy. Post-surgical observation of the child's behavior and tests did not show any signs of hemispatial neglect. We concluded the spatial attention function of the child with neonatal stroke might be transferred to the contralateral side during early childhood.
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Univ Fed Fluminense UFF, Dept Surg, Pediat Surg, Hosp Univ Antonio Pedro, R Marques Parana 303 Ctr, BR-2407003 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Puericultura & Pediat Martagao Gesteira UFR, Dept Pediat Surg, R Bruno Lobo 50, BR-21941912 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BrazilUniv Fed Fluminense UFF, Dept Surg, Pediat Surg, Hosp Univ Antonio Pedro, R Marques Parana 303 Ctr, BR-2407003 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
Bertrand, Betina
Chimeli-Ormonde, Luiza
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Univ Fed Rio De Janeiro UFRJ, Ctr Ciencias Saude, Ave Carlos Chag Filho, BR-21941912 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BrazilUniv Fed Fluminense UFF, Dept Surg, Pediat Surg, Hosp Univ Antonio Pedro, R Marques Parana 303 Ctr, BR-2407003 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
Chimeli-Ormonde, Luiza
Ormonde, Joao Baptista
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Univ Fed Fluminense UFF, Dept Surg, Pediat Surg, Hosp Univ Antonio Pedro, R Marques Parana 303 Ctr, BR-2407003 Niteroi, RJ, BrazilUniv Fed Fluminense UFF, Dept Surg, Pediat Surg, Hosp Univ Antonio Pedro, R Marques Parana 303 Ctr, BR-2407003 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil