A 42-year-old man with "pseudo-coprolalia".
A 42-year-old right-handed man presented with one week's history of uncharacteristic use of coarse language with associated anomia, inappropriate word usage and slowness of thoughts. Imaging demonstrated a solitary infarct involving the anterior left thalamus. Clinical and imaging findings and the current literature on anterior thalamic insult are discussed.
Chiu
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Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Imaging Services, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. albert.h.chiu@gmail.com
McAuliffe
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D000328:Adult; D000849:Anomia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D020643:Anterior Thalamic Nuclei / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male