A right-handed 43-year-old woman is assessed in the clinic for increasingly deteriorating neurologic complaints. The patient has diabetes and hyperlipidemia, for which she takes metformin and a statin. There is no history of brain trauma or seizures in her family. The patient consumes wine on occasion but does not use cigarettes or illegal substances. Her mother has a family history of migraines. An MRI of the brain is acquired, as illustrated in the figure below: This patient is most likely to have which of the following additional findings?

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A right-handed 43-year-old woman is assessed in the clinic for increasingly deteriorating neurologic complaints. The patient has diabetes and hyperlipidemia, for which she takes metformin and a statin. There is no history of brain trauma or seizures in her family. The patient consumes wine on occasion but does not use cigarettes or illegal substances. Her mother has a family history of migraines. An MRI of the brain is acquired, as illustrated in the figure below:  This patient is most likely to have which of the following additional findings?

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Eductional Objective: Meningiomas are frequent adult cerebral tumors that primarily develop in dural reflection areas (eg, falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli). If the parietal association cortex is also damaged, parasagittal lesions compressing the medial section of the primary somatosensory cortex in the parietal lobe might result in contralateral lower limb sensory loss and hemineglect (nondominant hemisphere).

A Right-Handed 43-Year-Old Woman Is Assessed in the Clinic for Increasingly