Dissociated crossed aphasia: a challenging language representation disorder.
A monolingual strongly right-handed woman developed a left hemiparesis and severe motor aphasia following a right middle cerebral artery infraction, whereas comprehension was entirely intact. She had a history of a transient cerebrovascular event characterized by right hemiparesis and fluent sensory aphasia. This case suggests a transhemispheric pattern of language organization in which the Broca area resides in the right hemisphere, whereas the Wernicke area is in the left.
Paparounas
Konstantinos
K
Department of Neurology, Hatzikosta General Hospital of Ioannina, Makrygianna Avenue 45001, Ioannina, Greece. kostpap@otenet.gr
Eftaxias
Dimitrios
D
Akritidis
Nikolaos
N
D000368:Aged; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed