Transcortical sensory aphasia following subcortical infarction in the left inferior frontal area. A case report.

Transcortical Sensory Aphasia following Infarction in the Left Frontal Lobe

“…In addition, the most recently published large CVT cohort study revealed that DCVT, mental status disorder, male sex, and age 1 37 years, all of which were observed in our patient, increased the risk of death and dependence [12]. However, a favorable prognosis has recently been reported in some cases [1,4,5,[7][8][9]. This may partly be because milder cases are increasingly diagnosed earlier by MRI [5,9].…”

“…Nonfluent aphasias such as Broca's area and transcortical motor type aphasia are known to be caused by lesions of the anterior language area in the left frontal lobe [1], but few reports have described fluent aphasia caused by lesions in the frontal lobe [2][3][4]. We report a case of transcortical sensory aphasia characterized by fluent speech, poor comprehension and preserved repetition following infarction in the left frontal lobe.…”

“…Review of the literature disclosed that 35% of isolated DCVT cases were fatal [1,2,[4][5][6][7][8][9]. A prospective study of 59 patients also suggested that involvement of the straight sinus and the deep venous system may be associated with poor outcome [3].…”