Dement Neurocogn Disord.  2019 Jun;18(2):69-72. 10.12779/dnd.2019.18.2.69.

Hyperglycemia-Induced Aphasia Presenting with Seizure-like Brain Perfusion Findings on Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

• Oh C
• Lee SY
• Jang JW

• KMID: 2451003
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12779/dnd.2019.18.2.69

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aphasia*
Brain*
Perfusion*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 EEG. (A) Initial EEG showed rare generalized medium amplitude arrhythmic delta or theta activities. (B) Normalized EEG although aphasia still existed. EEG: electroencephalography.

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  Fig. 2 Brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography. (A) Increased perfusion in the left lateral temporal cortex. (B) Disappearance of hyperperfusion in the left lateral temporal cortex.

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