Citation

Şahin S, Türkdoğan D, Hacıfazlıoğlu NE, Yalçın EU, Eksen ZY, Ekinci G. J. Clin. Neurosci. 2017; 39: 84-86.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, İstanbul, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jocn.2016.12.038

PMID

28110932

Abstract

Global aphasia without hemiparesis is a rare condition often associated with embolic stroke. Posttraumatic causes have not been reported, in the literature, to our knowledge. We report a 15-year old boy with transient global aphasia without hemiparesis due to blunt head trauma. In our case, clinical findings occurred 1week later following head trauma. Emergence of the symptoms after a period of the first mechanical head trauma, draws attention to the importance of secondary process in traumatic brain injury.

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Language: en

Keywords

Aphasia; Global aphasia without hemiparesis; Posttraumatic aphasia; Traumatic brain injury