Anatomical basis for acquired fluent aphasia in children.
Three girls aged 9 to 11 years developed fluent aphasia associated with acute brain lesions. As localized by computed tomography, the abnormalities in all three resided in the posterior part of the left hemisphere, encroaching upon Wernicke's area.
D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D001041:Aphasia, Wernicke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed