title: [Progressive aphasia without dementia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Slowly progressive aphasia without generalized dementia is considered as a degenerative disorder that can be differentiated of others well-known neurodegenerative disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case report of a patient with slowly progressive aphasia, characterized by a progressive anomia and without generalized dementia. The patient was evaluated in the last four years: a neuropsychological assessment, a neurological exploration and structural (MRI) and functional (SPECT) neuroimaging were performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case is interesting on account of a selective implication of the left temporal hemisphere is showed in the pathogenesis of this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de la Sta. Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estévez-González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catafau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escartín
mesh_terms: D000849:Anomia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001284:Atrophy; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
vernacular_title: Afasia progresiva sin demencia.