title: Acquired stuttering due to recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma.
abstract: Acquired (neurogenic) stuttering is a rare phenomenon seen after cerebral infarction or brain injury. Aetiology of this symptom is unclear, but recent evidence supports that it is a disturbance in the left hemispheric neural network involving the interplay between the cortex and basal ganglia. We present the case of a patient who develops acquired stuttering after a recurrence of a right temporoparietal anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO grade III). We also review other cases of acquired stuttering and known anatomical correlates.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurology and Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D059906:Neuroimaging; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D013342:Stuttering / Q000209:etiology*