Recurrent Wernicke's aphasia: migraine and not stroke!

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_34E46E34F35A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Recurrent Wernicke's aphasia: migraine and not stroke!
Journal
Headache
Author(s)
Mishra N.K., Rossetti A.O., Ménétrey A., Carota A.
ISSN
1526-4610[electronic]
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2009
Volume
49
Number
5
Pages
765-768
Language
english
Abstract
We report the clinical findings of a 40-year-old woman with recurrent migraine presenting with Wernicke's aphasia in accordance with the results of a standardized battery for language assessment (Boston Aphasia Diagnostic Examination). The patient had no evidence of parenchymal or vascular lesions on MRI and showed delta and theta slowing over the left posterior temporal leads on the EEG. Although the acute onset of a fluent aphasia suggested stroke as a likely etiology, the recurrence of aphasia as the initial symptom of migraine was related to cortical spreading depression and not to stroke.
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