Aphasic seizure caused by focal epilepsy in the left fusiform gyrus.
We report a patient with paroxysmal aphasia evoked by ictal epileptiform discharges localized to the left fusiform gyrus, where a small brain tumor existed. The intracranial EEG recordings during other seizures demonstrated a close functional link between the left fusiform gyrus and Wernicke's area. The patient also showed transient aphasia with electrical stimulation of the left fusiform gyrus.
Suzuki
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I
Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Japan.
Shimizu
H
H
Ishijima
B
B
Tani
K
K
Sugishita
M
M
Adachi
N
N
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*