A Case of Aphasia following Left Thalamic Hemorrhage

1 January 1983

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in European Neurology

Vol. 22 (2) , 93-95
https://doi.org/10.1159/000115543

Abstract

In a patient without fluent speech, good comprehension, aphasia and frequent neologisms, computerized tomography (CT scan) demonstrated a left posterior thalamic hemorrhage sparing other language areas. The existence, and the anatomical and pathogenetic mechanisms of thalamic aphasia are discussed.

Keywords

CT SCAN

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1979
Thalamic hemorrhage
Neurology, 1977