title: Linguistic impairment after right cerebellar stroke: a case report.
abstract: Increasing evidence suggests the involvement of the cerebellum in non-motor functions. We describe a patient who presented speech deficits after a right cerebellar infarction without other cognitive impairments. 99mTc-HMPAO single-photon emission computed tomography showed a marked hypoperfusion in the right cerebellar hemisphere, but did not show crossed cerebellar- cerebral diaschisis. The absence of neuroradiological evidence of structural supratentorial lesions supports the cerebellar role in modulating not only the motor system, but also higher order functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, 'La Sapienza' University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Piero
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ciccarelli
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cacioppo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pantano
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Lenzi
mesh_terms: D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*