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Motor Speech Apraxia in a 70-Year-Old Man with Left Dorsolateral Frontal Arachnoid Cyst: A [18F]FDG PET-CT Study
Joint Authors
Bohnen, Nicolaas I.
Haugen, Jacob
Kluin, Karen
Kotagal, Vikas
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-11-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Motor speech apraxia is a speech disorder of impaired syllable sequencing which, when seen with advancing age, is suggestive of a neurodegenerative process affecting cortical structures in the left frontal lobe.
Arachnoid cysts can be associated with neurologic symptoms due to compression of underlying brain structures though indications for surgical intervention are unclear.
We present the case of a 70-year-old man who presented with a two-year history of speech changes along with decreased initiation and talkativeness, shorter utterances, and dysnomia.
[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission and Computed Tomography (PET-CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed very focal left frontal cortical hypometabolism immediately adjacent to an arachnoid cyst but no specific evidence of a neurodegenerative process.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bohnen, Nicolaas I.& Haugen, Jacob& Kluin, Karen& Kotagal, Vikas. 2016. Motor Speech Apraxia in a 70-Year-Old Man with Left Dorsolateral Frontal Arachnoid Cyst: A [18F]FDG PET-CT Study. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bohnen, Nicolaas I.…[et al.]. Motor Speech Apraxia in a 70-Year-Old Man with Left Dorsolateral Frontal Arachnoid Cyst: A [18F]FDG PET-CT Study. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101337
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bohnen, Nicolaas I.& Haugen, Jacob& Kluin, Karen& Kotagal, Vikas. Motor Speech Apraxia in a 70-Year-Old Man with Left Dorsolateral Frontal Arachnoid Cyst: A [18F]FDG PET-CT Study. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101337
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101337