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A Case of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Presenting Wernicke' Aphasia  

Kang, Kyung-Wook (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Kim, Byeong-C. (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Choi, Kang-Ho (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Song, Ho-Chun (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Min, Jung-Joon (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Choi, Seong-Min (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Kang, Seung-Ho (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Lee, Seung-Han (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Park, Man-Seok (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Kim, Myeong-Kyu (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Cho, Ki-Hyun (Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
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Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders / v.9, no.2, 2010 , pp. 60-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wernicke' aphasia is a language disorder that impacts the comprehension of written and spoken language. A 48-yr-old woman had developed a transient sensory aphasia without focal neurological deficit. Brain MRI showed no structural lesion, but $^{18}F$-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) demonstrated glucose hypermetabolic activity in the left medial and superior temporal gyri, and middle frontal gyrus. Electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed spike discharges from the same area. We report a case of Wernicke' aphasia as an ictal phenomenon of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Keywords
Wernicke’s aphasia; Ictal phenomenon; $^{18}F-FDG$ PET;
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