Atypical patterns of language activation in functional MRI (fMRI) are not unusual, particularly in patients with severe epilepsy. Still, the functional significance of these activations is under debate. We describe a case of a right-handed patient affected by drug-refractory right temporal lobe epilepsy in whom pre-surgical fMRI showed bilateral language activations, greater in the right hemisphere (RH). After surgery, a right subdural hematoma caused epileptic status and severe aphasia. This post-surgical complication of a crossed aphasia confirmed the prior fMRI findings of RH language thus stressing the value of pre-surgical fMRI evaluations, even when surgery is planned in the RH of a right-handed patient.
Accuracy of pre-surgical fMRI confirmed by subsequent crossed aphasia / P. Vitali, N. Dronkers, A. Pincherle, A.R. Giovagnoli, C. Marras, L. D'Incerti, F. Ghielmetti, R. Spreafico, F. Villani. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-1874. - 32:1(2011 Feb), pp. 175-180. [10.1007/s10072-010-0426-y]
Accuracy of pre-surgical fMRI confirmed by subsequent crossed aphasia
P. VitaliPrimo
;F. Ghielmetti;
2011
Abstract
Atypical patterns of language activation in functional MRI (fMRI) are not unusual, particularly in patients with severe epilepsy. Still, the functional significance of these activations is under debate. We describe a case of a right-handed patient affected by drug-refractory right temporal lobe epilepsy in whom pre-surgical fMRI showed bilateral language activations, greater in the right hemisphere (RH). After surgery, a right subdural hematoma caused epileptic status and severe aphasia. This post-surgical complication of a crossed aphasia confirmed the prior fMRI findings of RH language thus stressing the value of pre-surgical fMRI evaluations, even when surgery is planned in the RH of a right-handed patient.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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