Crossed aphasia in neurosurgical practice: case report and literature review

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BACKGROUND

Crossed aphasia in dexstral (CAD) is an extremely rare disorder. To date, about 200 cases have been described in the literature.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The authors report 4 cases of CAD. Luria’s neuropsychological examination was carried out. Functional asymmetry in the arm was analyzed using the Annett questionnaire. MRI and intraoperative findings confirmed localization of lesion in the right hemisphere in all patients.

RESULTS

A 59-year-old right-handed man developed frontotemporal aphasia after previous resection of right-sided glioblastoma of fronto-insular-temporal region. In a 31-year-old right-handed man, crossed aphasia occurred after extensive hemorrhage from arteriovenous malformation into the right frontotemporoparietal region. A 39-year-old right-handed man developed severe combined aphasia after resection of diffuse glioma of the right insular-temporal region. A 10-year-old right-handed boy developed aphasia with word forgetting after resection of a large tumor of the right temporal lobe. All patients had impaired dynamic praxis. Other cognitive functions were intact.

CONCLUSION

The authors discuss possible combinations of functions in one hemisphere for both right-handers and left-handers and emphasize diverse types of functional asymmetries described in the literature. Different localizations of functions in right-handers and left-handers indicate that local zones with different methods of information processing (successive or simultaneous) can coexist in one hemisphere. Therefore, the functions requiring different processing of information (for example, speech with praxis or spatial functions) can develop in one hemisphere. Cognitive impairment depends not only on the type of functional asymmetry, but also on localization of lesion. Crossed aphasia in right-handers indicates the rarest normal type of functional brain asymmetry with localization of speech functions in the right hemisphere. Possible aphasia in right-handers following damage to homologues of speech zones in the right hemisphere can require additional examination of these patients.

Keywords:

crossed aphasia

functional asymmetry

Authors:

Buklina S.B.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

Kaftanov A.N.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

Melikyan A.G.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

Kopachev D.N.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

Batalov A.I.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

SPIN RSCI: 1620-1112
Scopus AuthorID: 57223053113
ORCID: 0000-0002-8924-7346

Received:

17.02.2021

Accepted:

08.10.2021

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