Stuttering due to ischemic stroke.
Acquired stuttering is a disorder of the fluency of speech. The mechanism underlying stuttering is unknown. It may occur after bilateral and unilateral cortical or subcortical brain damage. We report two cases who had stuttering resulting from left parietal infarction.
Sahin
Huseyin Alparslan
HA
Ondokuz Mayís University Medical School Department of Neurology, Samsun, Turkey. hasahin@omu.edu.tr
Krespi
Yakup
Y
Yilmaz
Ahmet
A
Coban
Oguzhan
O
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed