Pure word deafness and bilateral posterior perisylvian softenings: report of a case with neuropsychological-C.A.T. correlation.
A case of Pure Word Deafness (PWD) with bilateral perisylvian softenings is described. The C.A.T. findings fit the classical anatomical counterpart of PWD: a nearly complete acoustic disconnection of the Wernicke area. The associated severe apraxic disorders are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011932:Reading; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed