Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 65(4B): 1220-3, 2007 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To present the case of a 54-year-old man with loss of speech, but with preservation of voluntary facio-lingual motility, language and other cognitive abilities (Broca's aphemia).METHOD:
Observation of patient oral communicative abilities and general behavior, neuropsychological assessment and cranial computed tomography.RESULTS:
Computed tomography showed a hyperdense lesion in the subcortex of the left precentral gyrus corresponding to Brodmann's area 6 and 44. Neuropsychological assessment confirmed that the major cognitive domains were intact.CONCLUSION:
Our patient reiterates the validity of Broca's aphemia as a clinico-anatomic entity allowing us to portray it for the first time in pictures. From a neurobehavioral perspective, aphemia is related to apraxia rather than to aphasia, a fact that may have hampered the full grasp of its far-reaching implications for neurology and aphasiology.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Apraxias
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Trastornos del Habla
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Lóbulo Frontal
Límite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil