Accuracy of pre-surgical fMRI confirmed by subsequent crossed aphasia

Paolo Vitali; Nina Dronkers; Alexander Pincherle; Anna Rita Giovagnoli; Carlo Marras; Ludovico D'Incerti; Francesco Ghielmetti; Roberto Spreafico; Flavio Villani

doi:10.1007/s10072-010-0426-y

Accuracy of pre-surgical fMRI confirmed by subsequent crossed aphasia

Paolo Vitali, Nina Dronkers, Alexander Pincherle, Anna Rita Giovagnoli, Carlo Marras, Ludovico D'Incerti, Francesco Ghielmetti, Roberto Spreafico, Flavio Villani

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Atypical patterns of language activation in functional MRI (fMRI) are not unusual, particularly in patients with severe epilepsy. Still, the functional significance of these activations is under debate. We describe a case of a right-handed patient affected by drug-refractory right temporal lobe epilepsy in whom pre-surgical fMRI showed bilateral language activations, greater in the right hemisphere (RH). After surgery, a right subdural hematoma caused epileptic status and severe aphasia. This post-surgical complication of a crossed aphasia confirmed the prior fMRI findings of RH language thus stressing the value of pre-surgical fMRI evaluations, even when surgery is planned in the RH of a right-handed patient.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	175-180
Number of pages	6
Journal	Neurological Sciences
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-010-0426-y
State	Published - Feb 2011

Keywords

Crossed aphasia
Functional MRI
Hemispheric dominance
Language
Temporal lobe epilepsy

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Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Dermatology

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Accuracy of pre-surgical fMRI confirmed by subsequent crossed aphasia. / Vitali, Paolo; Dronkers, Nina; Pincherle, Alexander; Giovagnoli, Anna Rita; Marras, Carlo; D'Incerti, Ludovico; Ghielmetti, Francesco; Spreafico, Roberto; Villani, Flavio.

In: Neurological Sciences, Vol. 32, No. 1, 02.2011, p. 175-180.

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