title: Apraxia of speech in healthy 36-year-old man.
abstract: A 36-year-old healthy man presented with sudden onset speech difficulty. Thorough clinical examination revealed interesting deficits suggestive of apraxia of speech. He was found to have an infarct in his frontal region explaining the deficits. We have undertaken clinical evaluation and differential diagnoses of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL 33136, USA. cramosestebanez@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos-Estebanez
authors.forename: Sankalp
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gokhale
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goddeau
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Apraxia; Frontal; Speech; Stroke