Nonfluent Crossed Aphasia after Right Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: A case report.

, Rho, Hyuck Jae; , Kim, Yong Wook; , Park, Chang il; , Park, Jong Bum; , Jang, Jae Hoon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2007;31(6):772-775.

Rho, Hyuck Jae , Kim, Yong Wook , Park, Chang il , Park, Jong Bum , Jang, Jae Hoon

Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. ywkim1@yuhs.ac

우측 중간 대뇌 동맥 경색 후 발생한 비유창성 교차실어증(Nonfluent Crossed Aphasia) 1례 -증례 보고-

노혁재⋅김용욱⋅박창일⋅박종범⋅장재훈

연세대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실 및 재활의학연구소

Abstract

Crossed aphasia refers to language disturbance induced by unilateral right hemisphere (non-language dominant) injury in right-handed people who had no previous history of brain damage. Crossed aphasia occurs in less than 2 percent who developed a aphasia. We report a case of a 49-year-old right handed man with language disturbance after right middle cerebral infarction. He showed nonfluent crossed aphasia with Gerstman syndrome such as right-left disorientation, finger agnosia, acalculia and agraphia, but not with apraxia and neglect. At 7 weeks after onset, language function indicated improvement in spontaneous speech and at 19 weeks after onset, improvement in spontaneous speech, comprehension, repetition, naming and reading. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2007; 31: 772-775)

Key Words: Nonfluent crossed aphasia