Abstract
A rare case of a right-handed (on the Edinburgh Inventory) woman who developed aphasia at the clinical onset of a right hemisphere glioblastoma (GBM) is reported. She showed Wernicke aphasia and left spatial neglect. The integrity of the left hemisphere was assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). A few aspects of hemispheric specialization for language, praxias and spatial abilities are briefly discussed.
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Viene descritto il caso di una donna destrimane che manifestò disturbi afasici all'esordio clinico di un glioblastoma emisferico destro. La paziente presentava afasia di Wernicke ed eminattenzione spaziale sinistra. L'integrità dell'emisfero sinistro fu documentata con la Risonanza Magnetica. Alcuni aspetti della specializzazione emisferica per le funzioni linguistiche, prassiche e spaziali vengono brevemente discussi.
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Giovagnoli, A.R. Crossed aphasia. Report of a rare case in a glioblastoma patient. Ital J Neuro Sci 14, 329–332 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02339301
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