PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA WITH FOCAL NEURONAL ACHROMASIA

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LIPPA, CF [1 ]
COHEN, R [1 ]
SMITH, TW [1 ]
DRACHMAN, DA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MASSACHUSETTS,MED CTR,DEPT NEUROPATHOL,WORCESTER,MA 01655
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10.1212/WNL.41.6.882
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We describe the clinical, radiologic, neuropsychological, and neuropathologic features of a 69-year-old man with a 3-year history of progressive transcortical expressive aphasia. Neuropsychological testing showed progressive dysfunction of expressive language. Neuropathologic examination demonstrated focal cortical degeneration involving the left superior frontal gyrus, with swollen achromasic neurons and no evidence of Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Lewy-body disease, or other dementing disorders. This case adds to the known heterogeneity of the underlying pathology of patients with primary progressive aphasia.
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