[Progressive aphasia without dementia]

Rev Neurol. 1998 Jun;26(154):1002-4.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Introduction: Slowly progressive aphasia without generalized dementia is considered as a degenerative disorder that can be differentiated of others well-known neurodegenerative disorders.

Clinical case: We present a case report of a patient with slowly progressive aphasia, characterized by a progressive anomia and without generalized dementia. The patient was evaluated in the last four years: a neuropsychological assessment, a neurological exploration and structural (MRI) and functional (SPECT) neuroimaging were performed.

Conclusion: This case is interesting on account of a selective implication of the left temporal hemisphere is showed in the pathogenesis of this disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anomia / diagnostic imaging
  • Anomia / etiology
  • Anomia / pathology
  • Aphasia / diagnosis
  • Aphasia / diagnostic imaging
  • Aphasia / etiology*
  • Aphasia / pathology
  • Atrophy
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Language Tests
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon