Aphasia

Cognitive psychology

Injury prevention

Pedophilia

Dyslexia

Agraphia

Developmental psychology

Environmental health

Reading (process)

Poison control

Psychology

Apraxia

Political science

Medicine

Archives of Neurology

Orbitofrontal abnormalities are associated with poor impulse control, altered sexual behavior, and sociopathy.To describe a patient with acquired pedophilia and a right orbitofrontal tumor who was unable to inhibit sexual urges despite preserved moral knowledge.Case report.The patient displayed impulsive sexual behavior with pedophilia, marked constructional apraxia, and agraphia. The behavioral symptoms and constructional deficits, including agraphia, resolved following tumor resection.For patients with acquired sociopathy and paraphilia, an orbitofrontal localization requires consideration. This case further illustrates that constructional apraxia can arise from right prefrontal lobe dysfunction. Agraphia may represent a manifestation of constructional apraxia in the absence of aphasia and ideomotor apraxia.

Right Orbitofrontal Tumor With Pedophilia Symptom and Constructional Apraxia Sign