[A case report of mixed transcortical aphasia due to three attacks of cerebral infarction]

This is a case report of a 69-year-old right handed male patient with mixed transcortical aphasia caused by the three consecutive strokes in the left hemisphere. The initial attack affected the left occipital region and the second one influenced the angular region of the left parietal lobe. After the second attack the patient showed a symptom similar to transcortical sensory aphasia, although the prognosis was good. The third stroke attacked the subcortical region of the left middle frontal gyrus, consequently the patient became severe mixed transcortical aphasic who could only repeat. Even two years after the last stroke the aphasia was hardly improved. These symptoms are considered to be caused by "functional isolation" of the affected anterior-posterior language areas and the fasciculus arcuatus.