LANGUAGE-ACTIVATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING IN THE EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE LATERALIZATION - EVIDENCE FROM A CASE OF CROSSED APHASIA - CASE-REPORT

被引:16
作者
GOMEZTORTOSA, E
MARTIN, EM
SYCHRA, JJ
DUJOVNY, M
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT NEUROSURG,CHICAGO,IL 60612
[2] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT PSYCHIAT,CHICAGO,IL
[3] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT NUCL MED,CHICAGO,IL
关键词
ACTIVATION; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CROSSED APHASIA; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;
D O I
10.1227/00006123-199409000-00023
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
WE REPORT A right-handed patient who developed a nonfluent aphasia after surgery for a right parietal arteriovenous malformation. Resting brain single-photon emission tomography displayed decreased regional cerebral blood flow only in the right hemisphere, with spared regional cerebral blood flow in the left hemisphere. Single-photon emission tomography performed after a language activation task (Boston Naming Task) showed a consistent area of increased regional cerebral blood flow in the right inferior and posterior frontal lobe, supporting a right hemisphere dominance for language. These results suggest a potential role for this noninvasive study in the evaluation of language lateralization.
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页码:515 / 519
页数:5
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