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An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis
Acute flare of multiple sclerosis usually presents with sensorimotor deficits in limbs or one side of the face, optic neuritis, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, and/or cerebellar signs and symptoms. Isolated aphasia is observed only in a handful of cases. Herein, we present a case of a patient who pres...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8545555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722056 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18278 |
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author | Saeed, Hasham Jawed, Qirat Noori, Muhammad Atif Masood Bin Waqar, Syed Hamza Rehan, Aiman |
author_facet | Saeed, Hasham Jawed, Qirat Noori, Muhammad Atif Masood Bin Waqar, Syed Hamza Rehan, Aiman |
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description | Acute flare of multiple sclerosis usually presents with sensorimotor deficits in limbs or one side of the face, optic neuritis, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, and/or cerebellar signs and symptoms. Isolated aphasia is observed only in a handful of cases. Herein, we present a case of a patient who presented with isolated transcortical motor aphasia. Initial thought was that the patient was having a cerebrovascular accident as he had a history of uncontrolled hypertension. It was only later found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain that the patient had demyelinating lesions compatible with his new symptoms. He exhibited an excellent response to intravenous methylprednisolone therapy and was discharged with outpatient evaluation for immunotherapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-85455552021-10-28 An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis Saeed, Hasham Jawed, Qirat Noori, Muhammad Atif Masood Bin Waqar, Syed Hamza Rehan, Aiman Cureus Internal Medicine Acute flare of multiple sclerosis usually presents with sensorimotor deficits in limbs or one side of the face, optic neuritis, internuclear ophthalmoplegia, and/or cerebellar signs and symptoms. Isolated aphasia is observed only in a handful of cases. Herein, we present a case of a patient who presented with isolated transcortical motor aphasia. Initial thought was that the patient was having a cerebrovascular accident as he had a history of uncontrolled hypertension. It was only later found on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain that the patient had demyelinating lesions compatible with his new symptoms. He exhibited an excellent response to intravenous methylprednisolone therapy and was discharged with outpatient evaluation for immunotherapy. Cureus 2021-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8545555/ /pubmed/34722056 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18278 Text en Copyright © 2021, Saeed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Saeed, Hasham Jawed, Qirat Noori, Muhammad Atif Masood Bin Waqar, Syed Hamza Rehan, Aiman An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis |
title | An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis |
title_full | An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis |
title_fullStr | An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis |
title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis |
title_short | An Unusual Case of Isolated Acute Aphasia in Multiple Sclerosis |
title_sort | unusual case of isolated acute aphasia in multiple sclerosis |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8545555/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34722056 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18278 |
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