Dynamic aphasia with emerging agrammatism, anomia, and aberrant frontal behaviors in a case of atypical parkinsonism

Adithya Chandregowda; Joseph R Duffy; Mary M Machulda; Val J Lowe; Jennifer L Whitwell; Keith A Josephs

doi:10.1111/ncn3.12658

Dynamic aphasia with emerging agrammatism, anomia, and aberrant frontal behaviors in a case of atypical parkinsonism

Neurol Clin Neurosci. 2022 Sep;10(5):262-265. doi: 10.1111/ncn3.12658. Epub 2022 Jul 20.

Authors

Adithya Chandregowda¹, Joseph R Duffy², Mary M Machulda³, Val J Lowe⁴, Jennifer L Whitwell⁴, Keith A Josephs^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
² Department of Neurology (Speech Pathology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology (Neuropsychology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁶ Department of Neurology (Movement Disorders), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Abstract

A 57-year-old man presented with dynamic aphasia with evolving agrammatism and anomia. Additionally, he exhibited emerging atypical parkinsonism and features of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. Insights pertinent to this complex clinical presentation are discussed.

Keywords: behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia; corticobasal degeneration; dynamic aphasia; primary progressive aphasia; progressive supranuclear palsy.

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