Subcortical crossed aphasia- A clinical case report

Abstract

A 42- year old woman, right hander, underwent ow diverter placement surgery for right ophthalmic ICA aneurysm cure following which she suered with acute subcortical crossed aphasia, left upper and lower limb paralysis. There was an intra-parenchymal hemorrhage with hematoma in right external capsule, putamen, coronaradiata, a part of the centrum semiovale and perilisional edema in the posterior internal capsule post surgery. The patient's language prole was characterized by marked word nding diculty. Spontaneous speech had perseverative and paraphasic errors, phonemic substitutions, hesitations and groping.