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Aphasia in multiple sclerosis
H Erdem1, E Stålberg, I Cağlar
1Department of Neurology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey. hacererdem@superonline.com
Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
|August 9, 2002
Abstract:
Aphasia has rarely been reported in multiple sclerosis (MS). In this article a case with MS presenting as purely global aphasia during an exacerbation of MS is reported with clinical and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) findings. MRI demonstrated giant plaques mimicking a cerebral tumour with surroundings characterised by oedematous transformations in the left frontal and parietal lobes.