Conjugate eye deviation is characterized by a sustained shift in horizontal gaze,
usually toward the affected brain hemisphere. When detected on neuroimaging, it
is called the “eye sign”. It is classically associated with lesions involving
the frontal eye fields, ipsilateral to the side of the deviation. Neglect may be
conceptualized as a spatially addressed bias of the sensory events in explicit
behaviors and in the absence of perceptual and motor deficits. Hemispatial
neglect is a common disabling condition that occurs following acute unilateral
brain damage, usually to the right side. We report a case of a patient
presenting with the “eye sign” on tomography, following an acute subinsular
stroke, in the absence of conjugated eyes deviation. Our hypothesis was that the
sign may have been due to hemispatial neglect in this patient. The aim of this
article was to discuss the mechanisms involved in the attention network and its
neuroanatomic correlates.
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