Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira-Souza,Ricardo de
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Moll,Jorge, Caparelli-Dáquer,Egas M.A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000700025
Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To present the case of a 54-year-old man with loss of speech, but with preservation of voluntary facio-lingual motility, language and other cognitive abilities (Broca's aphemia). METHOD: Observation of patient oral communicative abilities and general behavior, neuropsychological assessment and cranial computed tomography. RESULTS: Computed tomography showed a hyperdense lesion in the subcortex of the left precentral gyrus corresponding to Brodmann's area 6 and 44. Neuropsychological assessment confirmed that the major cognitive domains were intact. CONCLUSION: Our patient reiterates the validity of Broca's aphemia as a clinico-anatomic entity allowing us to portray it for the first time in pictures. From a neurobehavioral perspective, aphemia is related to apraxia rather than to aphasia, a fact that may have hampered the full grasp of its far-reaching implications for neurology and aphasiology.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
title Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
spellingShingle Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
Oliveira-Souza,Ricardo de
aphemia
Broca's area
Broca's aphasia
apraxia
title_short Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
title_full Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
title_fullStr Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
title_full_unstemmed Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
title_sort Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity
author Oliveira-Souza,Ricardo de
author_facet Oliveira-Souza,Ricardo de
Moll,Jorge
Caparelli-Dáquer,Egas M.A.
author_role author
author2 Moll,Jorge
Caparelli-Dáquer,Egas M.A.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira-Souza,Ricardo de
Moll,Jorge
Caparelli-Dáquer,Egas M.A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv aphemia
Broca's area
Broca's aphasia
apraxia
topic aphemia
Broca's area
Broca's aphasia
apraxia
description OBJECTIVE: To present the case of a 54-year-old man with loss of speech, but with preservation of voluntary facio-lingual motility, language and other cognitive abilities (Broca's aphemia). METHOD: Observation of patient oral communicative abilities and general behavior, neuropsychological assessment and cranial computed tomography. RESULTS: Computed tomography showed a hyperdense lesion in the subcortex of the left precentral gyrus corresponding to Brodmann's area 6 and 44. Neuropsychological assessment confirmed that the major cognitive domains were intact. CONCLUSION: Our patient reiterates the validity of Broca's aphemia as a clinico-anatomic entity allowing us to portray it for the first time in pictures. From a neurobehavioral perspective, aphemia is related to apraxia rather than to aphasia, a fact that may have hampered the full grasp of its far-reaching implications for neurology and aphasiology.
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