Crossed aphasia leading to pure word deafness.
We report a case of crossed aphasia following a vascular insult of the right hemisphere in a middle aged dextral man with subsequent evolution to pure word deafness. Development of pure word deafness during recovery from crossed Wernickes aphasia is an extremely rare clinical entity. Probably this is the first Indian report of this entity.
Department of Neurology, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum.
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Bhaskaran
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Prakash
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Kumar
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Srikumar
D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged