False Localizing Signs in Neurology.

False localizing neurological signs reflect dysfunction distant from the site of the pathology. They pose considerable diffculties to the treating neurologist as they are unreliable when attempting to localize the lesion, which challenges the traditional clinicoanatomical correlation. It is important to be aware of false localizing signs and the situations in which they occur as they may be indicative of a serious, even life-threatening, pathology for appropriate and timely investigations and management.