title: [A case of left thalamic infarction with aphasia and dysgraphia in Kanji].
abstract: We reported an 11-year-old girl with left thalamic infarction causing aphasia and dysgraphia. The lesion corresponded to the perfusion area of the tuberothalamic and paramedian arteries. Confrontation naming and word finding were impaired, but phonological cuing was very helpful despite the absence of amnesia. Dysgraphia was observed only in Kanji (morphogram) writing, and was also improved by visual cuings. These findings suggested difficulty in memory retrieval, in which the left thalamus might have some role.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori.
authors.forename: Riina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koeda
authors.forename: Taeko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyoshima
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maegaki
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ieshima
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeshita
mesh_terms: D000381:Agraphia / Q000209:etiology*; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000209:etiology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply*