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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
Crossed aphasia in neurosurgical practice: case report and literature review
Journal: Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2022;86(1): 103‑111
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To cite this article:
Buklina SB, Kaftanov AN, Melikyan AG, Kopachev DN, Batalov AI. Crossed aphasia in neurosurgical practice: case report and literature review. Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery.
2022;86(1):103‑111. (In Russ., In Engl.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/neiro202286011103
Crossed aphasia in dexstral (CAD) is an extremely rare disorder. To date, about 200 cases have been described in the literature.
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.
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.
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.
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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
Received:
17.02.2021
Accepted:
08.10.2021
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