Crossed Aphasia: casereport

Authors

Choon-Khim Chong
May-Kuen Wong
Jorie Wu

Translated Title

交叉性失語症：病例報告

Abstract

Crossed aphasia is defined as the combination of left hcmiplegia (-paresis) and aphasia in a right-handed patient. The incidence of such cases is very low, reported as 0.4%-3.75% in all aphasics. Henderson (1983) reviewed that for the crossed aphasics, the correlation between fluency and infaret localization was similar to that of right-handed aphasics with left hemisphere lesion.A fluent jargon aphasia following a right cerebral infraction developed in a 52-year-old right-handed Chinese woman. She was a case of myxoma in left atrium with sudden onset of cerebral infarction. Computed tomographic scan showed a large infarction in right basal ganglion, temporal and fronto-parietal area. She had complete left hemiplegia and global aphasia. Her speech pattern became fluent jargon later on, and just correlated to the area of brain damage as the classic aphasic patient with left hemisphere lesion. Consideration of this case, and a review of the literature on this problem, will provoke more attention and study in crossed aphasia of Chinese population.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

91

Last Page

96

Recommended Citation

Chong, Choon-Khim; Wong, May-Kuen; and Wu, Jorie (1987) "Crossed Aphasia: casereport," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 15: Iss. 1, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/3005-3846.1729
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol15/iss1/14