title: Paroxysmal aphasias.
abstract: Forty cases of paroxysmal aphasia were found in a sample of 4,000 patients with epilepsy. Twenty-five had structural brain damage demonstrated by CT scan. Except for two cases, the epileptic focus was located in the left hemisphere. Two patients had a paroxysmal alexia associated with the aphasic disorder. Though preliminary, our data suggest a correlation of dysphasic components with posterior lesions and phonatory components with anterior lesions.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Neurologico de Colombia, Bogota.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ardila
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology*