Permanent dysphasia after status epilepticus: long-term follow-up in an elderly patient
José L Fernández-Torre1, Julio Pascual, Remedios Quirce
1Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain. jlfernandez@humv.es
Abstract:
We report the long-term follow-up of an elderly patient who developed a permanent sensorimotor dysphasia after status epilepticus. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and magnetic resonance angiography failed to demonstrate structural cerebral damage; however, a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan revealed marked hypometabolism involving a large area in the left hemisphere and contralateral cerebellar cortex. Our case illustrates that permanent language dysfunction may occur after recurrent complex partial and secondarily generalized seizures.
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