Foreign accent syndrome mimicked by Garcin syndrome with spontaneous resolution.
An English speaking women developed a French accent, without any aphasic syndromes, in conjunction with multiple left sided cranial nerve deficits, temporally related to cranial trauma. Extensive testing with multimodality magnetic resonance imaging, cerebrospinal fluid and laboratory analysis was unremarkable. She was followed over a 3 year period during which her French accent resolved as did the majority of her multiple unilateral cranial neuropathies. The neurological diagnoses included a foreign accent syndrome attributed to a reversible Garcin syndrome.
Hoffmann
Michael
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Department of Neurology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33626, USA. mhoffman@health.usf.edu
D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000150:complications; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013577:Syndrome