[Syndrome of aspontaneity in frontal lobe tumors]

Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1979;79(7):901-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The syndrome of aspontaneousity in tumors of the frontal lobes is expressed in a sharp decrease of initiative, spontaneous volitions, crude changes in the emotional sphere and peculiar disorders of thinking. In a "clear" form, i. e. without changed consciousness, the syndrome proceeds with signs of increased distractability and a combination of distrubances of wakefulness with rapid fatigueability. The first variant is more characteristic of bilateral intracerebral tumors, located on the level of the callosum sorpus. The second--for large unilateral tumors, exerting influence on the opposite frontal lobe and frequently on the diencephalic area.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Emotions
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Memory Disorders / diagnosis
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Mental Processes
  • Middle Aged
  • Motivation
  • Motor Activity
  • Olfactory Bulb*
  • Personality*
  • Speech
  • Syndrome