Softly spoken strokes: two patients with marked hypophonia as a feature of strokes involving the anterior thalamus.
Two patients with strokes involving thalamic structures are described. Both displayed marked hypophonia as part of their clinical syndromes. This speech disorder and its possible localizing value are discussed.
Blacker
David J
DJ
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. blacker.david@mayo.edu
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*