《Lesion localization of global aphasia without hemiparesis by overlapping of the brain magnetic resonance images》.pdfVIP

NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH December 2014,Volume 9,Issue 23 Lesion localization of global aphasia without hemiparesis by overlapping of the brain magnetic resonance images Woo Jin Kim1, 2, Nam-Jong Paik1, 3 1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea 2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University of Medicine, Busan, South Korea 3 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea Abstract Corresponding author: Global aphasia without hemiparesis is a striking stroke syndrome involving language impairment Nam-Jong Paik, M.D., Ph.D., Department without the typically manifested contralateral hemiparesis, which is usually seen in patients with of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul global aphasia following large left perisylvian lesions. The objective of this study is to elucidate National University College of Medicine, the specific areas for lesion localization of global aphasia without hemiparesis by retrospectively Seoul National University Bundang studying the brain magnetic resonance images of six patients with global aphasia without hemi- Hospital, 166 Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, paresis to define global aphasia without hemiparesis-related stroke lesions before overlapping the Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-707, images to visualize the most overlapped area. Talairach coordinates for the most overlapped areas South Korea, njpaik@snu.ac.kr. were converted to corresponding anatomical regions. Lesions where the images of more than three patients overlapped were considered significant. The overlapped global aphasia without doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.147935