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Linguistic impairment after right cerebellar stroke: a case report
Author(s) -
Gasparini Marina,
Piero Vittorio Di,
Ciccarelli Olga,
Cacioppo Maria Maddalena,
Pantano Patrizia,
Lenzi Gian Luigi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.630353.x
Subject(s) - diaschisis , cerebellar hemisphere , cerebellum , medicine , stroke (engine) , neuroscience , cognition , right hemisphere , cerebral infarction , cardiology , audiology , psychology , ischemia , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering
Increasing evidence suggests the involvement of the cerebellum in non‐motor functions. We describe a patient who presented speech deficits after a right cerebellar infarction without other cognitive impairments. 99m Tc‐HMPAO singlephoton emission computed tomography showed a marked hypoperfusion in the right cerebellar hemisphere, but did not show crossed cerebellar‐cerebral diaschisis. The absence of neuroradiological evidence of structural supratentorial lesions supports the cerebellar role in modulating not only the motor system, but also higher order functions.