[A case of Gogi aphasia with predominantly left temporal and parietal lobe atrophy].
Journal: 2002/August - No to shinkei = Brain and nerve
ISSN: 0006-8969
PUBMED: 12166102
Abstract:
We report a 68-year-old right-handed Japanese woman who had a history of progressive difficulty in understanding speech and naming. Neuropsychological examination presented Gogi (word meaning) aphasia and impairment of semantic memory for some common objects. She also presented acalculia and mild constructional impairment. There was no evidence of impairment in elementary perception and motor skills. Her memory performance of visual task was within normal range. She had neither personality change nor behavioral disorder. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed atrophy in the left temporal lobe and the left parietal lobe. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans demonstrated a decrease of regional cerebral blood flow in the atrophic sites and the left frontal lobe. We pointed out that the atrophy of the parietal lobe was atypical in the early stage of cortical degenerative disease presenting Gogi aphasia, in addition to in the light of classification of Fronto-Temporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD).
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