Right hemispheric dysfunction in a case of pure progressive aphemia: fusion of multimodal neuroimaging

Psychiatry Res. 2004 Jan 15;130(1):97-107. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2003.04.001.

Abstract

This article describes the unusual case of a 60-year-old woman suffering from pure progressive aphemia. The fusion of multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, perfusion SPECT) implicated the right frontal lobe, especially the inferior frontal gyrus. This area also showed the greatest functional MRI activation during the performance of a covert phonemic fluency task. Results are discussed in terms of bihemispheric language representation. The fusion of three sets of neuroimages has aided in the interpretation of the patient's cognitive brain dysfunction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aphasia, Broca / diagnosis*
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / metabolism*
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology*
  • Functional Laterality / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Phonetics*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*