The authors describe a patient who suffered two successive, right and left, strokes that caused bilateral rolandic operculum damage. The clinical picture was characterized by selective impairment of volitional facio-pharyngo-glosso-masticatory movements with sparing of automatic and reflex motor activity (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome). Though completely speechless, the patient was not aphasic. This dissociation is discussed in the light of the peculiar localization of lesions evidenced by CT-scan.
Villa, G., Caltagirone, C. (1984). Speech suppression without aphasia after bilateral perisylvian softenings (bilateral rolandic operculum damage). ITALIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 5(1), 77-83.
Speech suppression without aphasia after bilateral perisylvian softenings (bilateral rolandic operculum damage)
CALTAGIRONE, CARLO
1984-03-01
Abstract
The authors describe a patient who suffered two successive, right and left, strokes that caused bilateral rolandic operculum damage. The clinical picture was characterized by selective impairment of volitional facio-pharyngo-glosso-masticatory movements with sparing of automatic and reflex motor activity (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome). Though completely speechless, the patient was not aphasic. This dissociation is discussed in the light of the peculiar localization of lesions evidenced by CT-scan.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.