Citation

Koeda T, Takeshita K, Kisa T. Brain Dev. 1995; 17(3): 193-195.

Affiliation

Division of Child Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7573759

Abstract

We describe an 8-year old boy with pseudobulbar palsy and speech disturbance associated with fetal distress, mild birth asphyxia and probably intracranial hemorrhage. There is a remarkable dissociation between orofacial voluntary movements and emotional expression. MRI revealed cortical atrophy and subcortical gliosis of both opercula. The clinical and neuroradiological features correspond to bilateral opercular syndrome. We assume that a reduction of cerebral blood flow involving both opercula induced pseudobulbar palsy with severe expressive speech disturbance.

Language: en