Aphasia: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Aphasia

Acquired Epileptic Aphasia

As the rolandic region is part of the brain regions involved in speech production, acquired aphasia, i.e. loss of speech, can be a prominent feature in some patients. [euroepinomics.wordpress.com]

However, these have typically had little to no effect on the long-term development of aphasia. [docneuro.com]

4,5 Aphasia + Hyperkinesia ? [docslide.com.br]

Stroke

Approximately one third of people who have a stroke experience aphasia. To assess the effects of speech and language therapy (SLT) for aphasia following stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

One of the most frequent symptoms of unilateral stroke is aphasia, the impairment or loss of language functions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Studies there showed that she too had global aphasia and right hemiparesis without Horner syndrome, and had an NIHSS score of 17. [web.archive.org]

Hemorrhagic Stroke

Wernicke's Aphasia. [braininjury-explanation.com]

This report describes a case of hemorrhagic stroke that presented as an expressive aphasia after routine hernia repair under spinal anesthesia in an otherwise generally healthy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Large left PCA strokes may result in aphasia, whereas right PCA strokes may cause neglect. [americannursetoday.com]

Rasmussen Syndrome

Additional findings include progressive hemiparesis, movement disorders, cognitive decline, as well as hemianopia and aphasia if the dominant hemisphere is affected by the [symptoma.com]

The acute phase is characterized by rapidly progressive seizures, hemiparesis, hemianopia, aphasia (if the dominant hemisphere is involved), and cognitive decline over the [visualdx.com]

He was conscious and alert with receptive aphasia. There was a decline in intellectual functions, evident by poor school reports. [njcponline.com]

Vascular Dementia

Transcortical sensory and motor aphasia was observed in four patients with thalamic hemorrhages and infarcts. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Exclusion criteria : cases with disturbance of consciousness, delirium, psychosis, severe aphasia, or major sensorimotor impairment precluding neuropsychological testing. [strokecenter.org]

[…] both: Memory impairment (impaired ability to learn new information or to recall previously learned information) One or more of the following cognitive disturbances: (a) aphasia [strokecenter.org]

MELAS Syndrome

In November 2010, for a first episode, she showed mixed aphasia with logorrhea, disinhibition, agitation, euphoria, and a large left temporoparietal lesion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In the emergency room, he presented generalized weakness, global aphasia, and parkinsonism movements. [oatext.com]

[…] with rapid spontaneous recovery against a background of progressive deterioration--occurs in neuropsychological testing, which reveals progressive dementia and episodic aphasia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Status Epilepticus

KEYWORDS: Aphasia; Diagnosis; Electroencephalogram; Prognosis; Status [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Six months later, the patient again exhibited global aphasia. Brain MRI showed tumefactive white matter lesion in the left temporo-parietal lobes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In the second patient, Broca's aphasia disappeared spontaneously. [f1000research.com]

Temporal Lobe Disorder

Testing a Person With Aphasia ). [msdmanuals.com]

[…] syndrome Etiology While the cause of autism is speculative, different theories that have surfaced in the past include: Brain injury Constitutional vulnerability Developmental aphasia [alasbimnjournal.net]

Postictal aphasia suggests onset in the language-dominant temporal lobe. Most auras and automatisms last a very short period—seconds or 1-2 minutes. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Traumatic Brain Injury

The result WAB for the patient showed severe aphasia, with an aphasia quotient of 45.3 percentile. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] are depressed skull fragments, dura laceration with exposed brain, infected cranial wounds/tetanus, major craniofacial fractures, deep skull–penetrating stab wounds, and aphasia [doi.org]

[…] accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment, because the verbal auditory agnosia tends to be easily misdiagnosed as hearing impairment, cognitive dysfunction and sensory aphasia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Temporal Lobe Tumor

Overview MeSH Major Chromosome Deletion Oligospermia Spermatozoa Y Chromosome abstract A child with a left temporal lobe tumor and Landau-Kleffner syndrome (acquired aphasia [vivo.med.cornell.edu]

A 7-year-old boy with a left temporal lobe tumor and Landau-Kleffner syndrome (acquired aphasia and epilepsy) who improved dramatically after surgery is reported from the [pediatricneurologybriefs.com]

and seizures parietal lobe – may cause aphasia, numbness or weakness in one side of the body, and co-ordination problems (dyspraxia), such as difficulty dressing occipital [nhs.uk]

Cerebral Thrombosis

Common symptoms include visual impairment, ataxia, hemiparesis, and aphasia. [symptoma.com]

[…] brain herniation Manifestations resulting from focal brain injury Seizures (35-50%) ( Stam 2005 ) Focal neurologic deficits (25-71%) – hemianopsia, contralateral weakness, aphasia [coreem.net]

This can lead to cerebral edema, infarction, or hemorrhagic infarction, which may manifest with motor and sensory deficits, cranial nerve palsy, aphasia, and seizures.3 Diagnosis [acepnow.com]

Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis

Left facial twitching with choreoathetoid movement of the arm and leg, headache Choreoathetoid movements, ataxia, cranial nerve abn., tongue thrusting, facial twitching, aphasia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Some other symptoms typical during the disease onset include impaired cognition, memory deficits, and speech problems (including aphasia, perseveration or mutism).The symptoms [en.wikipedia.org]

(%) 20 (63%) 2 (7%) 0 (0%) 1 (20%) 0 (0%) Aphasia, no. (%) 23 (72%) 3 (10%) 2 (29%) 2 (40%) 1 (20%) Ataxia, no. (%) 14 (44%) 6 (20%) 1 (14%) 3 (60%) 2 (40%) Stiff neck, [doi.org]

CADASIL Syndrome

[…] vision (flashing shapes, patterns, floating specks of light) Sensory Aura: Involving face and arm Motor Aura: Involving arm Aphasic aura Speech Disturbances with expressive aphasia [medium.com]

Showing of 47 | 80%-99% of people have these symptoms Amaurosis fugax 0100576 Aphasia Difficulty finding words Losing words Loss of words [ more ] 0002381 Coma 0001259 Confusion [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Severe aphasia, apraxia or agnosia are rare in CADASIL. [jneuro.com]

Migrainous Stroke

Prolonged aphasia and perfusion computed tomography abnormalities in migraine with aura. Int J Case Rep Imag 2014;5:222-5. 7. [jpgmonline.com]

On the third day he developed global aphasia and right hemiplegia/hemisensory deficits. [n.neurology.org]

"She appears to have an aphasia, [or] problem with expressive language, and right-sided facial weakness. [abcnews.go.com]

Glioblastoma Multiforme

Case report A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room with acute onset of global aphasia. [em-consulte.com]

A 42-year-old man visited our clinic because of right hemiparesis and total aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In time, cognitive dysfunction can appear, as well as gait disturbances, cranial nerve palsies, urinary incontinence, hemiparesis, aphasia, and disorientation, while vertigo [symptoma.com]

Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis

In the right image, note the bright signal seen in the left posterior temporal lobe, indicating a subacute hemorrhage, the cause of the patient's receptive aphasia. [casemed.case.edu]

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Case 2 A 32-year-old woman was admitted because of headache, vomiting, and aphasia. [stroke.ahajournals.org]

Ischemic Stroke

At discharge, our patient was able to walk unassisted and had only residual aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Recovery from stroke-induced aphasia is typically protracted and involves complex functional reorganization. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 71-year-old woman presented with new-onset aphasia and hemiparesis of the right side of her body. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rolandic Epilepsy

As the rolandic region is part of the brain regions involved in speech production, acquired aphasia, i.e. loss of speech, can be a prominent feature in some patients. [epilepsygenetics.net]

Abstract Rolandic epilepsy (RE) and its atypical variants (atypical rolandic epilepsy, ARE) along the spectrum of epilepsy-aphasia disorders are characterized by a strong [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Phenotypes of GRIN2A mutations include epilepsy-aphasia disorders and other epileptic encephalopathies, which pose challenges in clinical treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cerebral Malaria

Epileptic seizures, both focal and generalized, and focal neurological signs, like hemiplegia or aphasia, are most frequently observed, in few cases blindness, cerebellar [ajns.paans.org]

[…] the brain but does not invade the brain tissue itself can bring about such profound symptoms and neurological problems that may include, besides those Halima experienced, aphasia [dana.org]

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Collectively these nutrients have erased my brain fog, severe memory deficits, and aphasia (difficulty finding words). [drcourtneycraig.com]

Transient Ischemic Attack

Once these clinical features were taken into account, neither aphasia, dysarthria, sensory loss, blood pressure values nor the duration of symptoms were found to improve explanation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The neurological examination showed tetraplegia and hypalgesia below the C2 level, but neither facial palsy nor aphasia was found. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hanlon RE, Lux WE, Dromerick AW: Global aphasia without hemiparesis: language profiles and lesion distribution. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999;66:365–369. [doi.org]

Brain Abscess

A 49-year old man with mild psoriasis presented with a two-week history of gait changes, generalized weakness and a two-day history of headaches, aphasia and confusion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, in the presence of the rapidly progressive course with fever, focal neurologic findings (hemiparesis, aphasia etc.) and signs of increased intracranial pressure, [en.wikipedia.org]

A frontal abscess would typically present with cognitive deficits, poor concentration, aphasia, grand mal seizures, and hemiparesis. [symptoma.com]

Cerebral Embolism

The patient awoke slowly, and when awake she showed a combination of contralateral hemiplegia, and right hemianesthesia with global aphasia; the CT scan showed an ischemic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 43-year-old man was admitted for right upper and lower limb weakness and aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] thromboembolic phenomena, the author reports a case presenting cerebral manifestations such as right motor-sensitive hemiplegia with cephalic and brachial prevalency and motor aphasia [scielo.br]

Homocystinuria

She was seizure free with partially treated aphasia in her last follow-up.[10] Based on the fact that homocystinuria type I with stroke as the presenting sign in childhood [advbiores.net]

Signs and symptoms include mental retardation, thromboembolic events that can eventually lead to aphasia, hemiplegia, pseudobulbar palsy or ataxia, features of Marfan's syndrome [symptoma.com]

Neurological deficits in children with Moyamoya disease can present as dysarthria, aphasia, hemiparesis, paraparesis, or visual symptoms. [ircmj.com]

Cerebral Arteriosclerosis

Overview Quick Reference An organic disorder involving arteriosclerosis of the brain, the signs and symptoms of which may be neurological (such as aphasia, athetosis, chorea [oxfordreference.com]

Cerebral physical symptoms, headaches, dizziness, fainting attacks, etc., are nearly always present and usually signs of focal brain disease appear sooner or later (aphasia [chestofbooks.com]

[…] sensory aphasia impairment of language comprehension ( fluent aphasia ) sparing repetition due to a lesion in the posterior extrasylvian region (inferior temporo-occipital [strokecenter.org]

Alzheimer Disease

Abstract We report a 44-year-old woman, with a family history of early-onset dementia, presenting with primary progressive aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In contrast to the participants with AD, the man with progressive nonfluent aphasia had no improvement in naming ability. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Another patient presented at age 54 years with logopenic progressive aphasia and, at autopsy, showed both frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions and AD. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Dementia

(3) nonfluent agrammatic variant primary progressive aphasia, (4) corticobasal syndrome, (5) progressive supranuclear palsy, and (6) FTD associated with motor neuron disease [doi.org]

We present a case of memory loss and aphasia in a 72-y-old man and discuss how PET imaging supported a diagnosis of Alzheimer dementia despite conflicting clinical findings [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diagnoses of dementia with major cognitive deficits and aphasia were established. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Type 4B

163927 LPP* 100012 Lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia type B 250831 Logopenic progressive aphasia 525 LPP* 100013 Lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia type C 250831 [doczz.net]

284984 Loeys-Dietz syndrome with osteoarthritis 470 100011 Lissencephaly with cerebellar hypoplasia type A 2407 309015 LPL deficiency 250831 Logopenic primary progressive aphasia [doczz.net]

240103 Progressive supranuclear palsy corticobasal syndrome 240085 Progressive supranuclear palsy parkinsonism 240112 Progressive supranuclear palsy progressive non fluent aphasia [doczz.net]

Lacunar Infarction

Abstract We present two cases of thalamic infarction presentation with aphasia, which has rarely been documented in the literature. [degruyter.com]

Remember that lacunar strokes are NOT associated with cortical findings, such as aphasia (except rarely), apraxia, neglect, or visual field abnormalities. [casemed.case.edu]

Possible explanations include crossed aphasia, diaschisis, the hypometabolic theory, and the thalamus as a secondary language center. [degruyter.com]

Cerebral Toxoplasmosis

[…] immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. 1,2 We report the case of a 43-year old man who presented a right necrotic temporal lesion, revealed by epileptic seizure, comprehensive aphasia [tmj.ro]

Neurological examination revealed that he had global aphasia. Fundus showed bilateral papilloedema, right upper motor neuron type facial palsy and right pyramidal signs. [neurologyindia.com]

[…] advanced, dull affect Lymphoma All of above and constitutional symptoms (night sweats, weight loss) PML Rapid neurologic decline (hemiplegia, visual field defects, ataxia, aphasia [learningradiology.com]