title: Acquired aphasia in childhood: clinical and CT investigations.
abstract: We studied eight children with acquired aphasia. All had left hemisphere lesions. In most, the correlation between the CT lesion site and the resulting aphasic syndrome duplicated an anatomic-clinical correlation described in adults. Rapid recovery of language fluency distinguished the children from reported adults. Late follow-up indicated poor scholastic achievements, reflecting an acquired handicap in new learning. Anatomic-clinical correlates and recovery patterns suggest that brain organization for language is similar but not identical in children and adults.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007807:Language Tests; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed