• Title/Summary/Keyword: subcortical aphasia

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A Case of Subcortical Aphasic Stroke Treated with Speech-Language Therapy and Korean Medical Therapy (언어치료와 한방치료를 병행한 중풍 피질하실어증 치험 1례(例))

  • Hsing, Lichang;Yeo, Jin-Ju;Yu, Gyung;Seo, Eui-Seok;Jang, In-Soo
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.733-740
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    • 2005
  • Subcortical Aphasia is not among the typical eight types of aphasia. It is characterized as cerebral infarction or hemorrhage occurring in the region of the left basal ganglia internal capsule, accompanied with ventrical rounding and white matter. Subcortical aphasia is similar to transcortical aphasia in its symptom of repetition, and classification is difficult. Language ability can change rapidly over several months so a patient's convalescence is unpredictable. Because of the peculiarities of subcortical aphasia there are many conflicting hypotheses. Various clinical approaches and medical treatments for speech disorder(aphasia) have been presented. In Korean medicine, there are many studies about speech disorder, but few reports are related to subcortical aphasia. An aphasic stroke patient who was treated with acupuncture, herbal medicine(Jihwangumja), and speech-language therapy is here reported. Significant improvement in language abilities was seen over three months. Further clinical study of subcortical aphasia is needed.

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A Case of Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification with Dementia (치매가 동반된 특발성 기저핵 석회화 1례)

  • Shin, Hee-Young;Shin, Il-Seon
    • Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.38-42
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    • 2006
  • The case of a 66- year-old woman with coexisting idiopathic basal ganglia calcification(IBGC) and dementia was presented. The calcification was detected in bilateral basal ganglia, dentate nucleus, and thalamus by brain imaging. Serum calcium and phosphorus levels were normal. The underlying diseases of calcification of basal ganglia such as parathyroid dysfunction and other infectious, toxic, or metabolic illness were excluded. The patient had memory impairment and frontal executive dysfunction without aphasia, agnosia, apraxia, and visuospatial impairment in neuropsychological test. It suggested that the cognitive impairment might be due to the dysfunction of frontal-subcortical circuit.

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