Micrographia after midbrain infarction alleviated by Japanese calligraphy-style writing: A case report

Kazutaka Sakamoto; Kyungshil Kim; Ryota Kobayashi; Kayoko Yokoi; Daichi Morioka; Shinobu Kawakatsu; Akihito Suzuki; Kazumi Hirayama

doi:10.1016/j.prdoa.2024.100257

Micrographia after midbrain infarction alleviated by Japanese calligraphy-style writing: A case report

Clin Park Relat Disord. 2024 May 9:10:100257. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2024.100257. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Kazutaka Sakamoto^{1

2}, Kyungshil Kim³, Ryota Kobayashi¹, Kayoko Yokoi⁴, Daichi Morioka¹, Shinobu Kawakatsu², Akihito Suzuki¹, Kazumi Hirayama⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
² Department of Neuropsychiatry, Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University, 21-2 Kawahigashimachi Tanisawa, Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima 969-3492, Japan.
³ Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Human Sciences, Hokkaido Bunkyo University, Koganechuou 5 cho-me, Eniwa City, Hokkaido 061-1449, Japan.
⁴ Department of Occupational Therapy, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences, 260 Kamiyanagi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-2212, Japan.
⁵ Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Science, Sendai Seiyo Gakuin University, 4-3-55 Nagamachi Taihakuku, Sendai 982-0011, Japan.

Abstract

•A 77-year-old right-handed man experienced an infarct in the right midbrain.•Ipsilesional progressive micrographia occurred after the midbrain infarct.•Micrographia improved when the patient wrote as if practicing Japanese calligraphy.•Further studies should confirm the utility of Japanese calligraphy in such cases.

Keywords: Japanese calligraphy; Micrographia; Midbrain; Tegmentum.

Publication types

Case Reports