[Progressive aphasia without dementia].
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.
García-Sánchez
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Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de la Sta. Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, España.
Estévez-González
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Catafau
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Escartín
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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
Afasia progresiva sin demencia.