Pure anomic aphasia caused by a subcortical hemorrhage in the left temporo-parieto-occipital lobe

M Takeda; H Tachibana; N Shibuya; Y Nakajima; B Okuda; M Sugita; H Tanaka

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.38.293

Pure anomic aphasia caused by a subcortical hemorrhage in the left temporo-parieto-occipital lobe

Intern Med. 1999 Mar;38(3):293-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.293.

Authors

M Takeda¹, H Tachibana, N Shibuya, Y Nakajima, B Okuda, M Sugita, H Tanaka

Affiliation

¹ Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya.

PMID: 10337946
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.293

Abstract

There have been few case reports of pure anomic aphasia and the underlying mechanism remains to be clarified. We report a patient in whom pure anomic aphasia was caused by subcortical hemorrhage in the left temporo-parieto-occipital lobe. Based on magnetic resonance images and cerebral blood flow imaging, the structural lesion underlying the pure anomic aphasia was thought to be located at the left temporo-occipital junction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anomia / diagnosis
Anomia / etiology*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Occipital Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
Occipital Lobe* / pathology
Parietal Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
Parietal Lobe* / pathology
Severity of Illness Index
Temporal Lobe* / diagnostic imaging
Temporal Lobe* / pathology
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed