Transient naming deficits associated with insular lesions in a patient with encephalitis.
Neurocase
; 25(6): 243-250, 2019 12.
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| ID: mdl-31532322
ABSTRACT
We describe a patient with acute herpes simplex encephalitis with left-hemispheric hippocampal, parahippocampal and insular lesions. Although prototypic language areas were unaffected, the patient suffered from an inability to name objects or animals displayed on pictures. This deficit was transient and gradually disappeared 8 weeks after the initial diagnosis. Our findings are in line with a previous report showing similar deficits in a patient with a comparable lesion pattern and support the hypothesis that left insular lesions can produce severe naming deficits. Using FDG-PET we ruled out that functional deactivation in classical language areas account for the observed naming deficits.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Reconocimiento Visual de Modelos
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Recuerdo Mental
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Corteza Cerebral
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Encefalitis por Herpes Simple
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurocase
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania