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Aphasic status epilepticus after glioma resection: two case reports

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Aphasic status epilepticus (ASE) is a subtype of focal nonconvulsive status epilepticus, in which language disturbance is the only objective clinical manifestation. We present two cases of patients who experienced delayed onset of temporal aphasia after the removal of glioma at the language-dominant hemisphere. In both cases, arterial spin labeling was useful for diagnosis and antiepileptic drug was effective. ASE should be considered a cause of persistent aphasia after glioma resection at or near the language area.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, 980-8574, Japan

    Yoshiteru Shimoda, Masayuki Kanamori, Ryuta Saito, Shinichiro Osawa & Teiji Tominaga

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

    Shunji Mugikura

  3. Department of Image Statistics, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Shunji Mugikura

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Y.S., M.K., R.S., and S.O. analyzed and interpreted the patient data. Y.S. and T.T. significantly contributed toward drafting the manuscript. S.M. interpreted the magnetic resonance imaging data. All authors discussed the clinical course and contributed toward the final version of the manuscript.

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Shimoda, Y., Kanamori, M., Saito, R. et al. Aphasic status epilepticus after glioma resection: two case reports. Acta Neurochir 163, 3109–3113 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04984-z

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