Ictal aphasia in adults is a rare phenomenon. Most reported cases manifest with non-fluent
(Broca) aphasia. Ictal fluent (Wernicke) aphasia is less common. We report a 47-year-old …

Ictal aphasia in adults is a rare phenomenon, with the majority of reported cases showing a
nonfluent Broca's or mixed aphasic speech pattern associated with disturbances of level of …

Aphasia is a common symptom encountered by clinical neurologists. It is usually caused by
strokes or lesions involving language regions of the brain, yet prolonged aphasia is rarely …

We report a patient with recurrent epileptic Wernicke aphasia who prior to this presentation,
had been misdiagnosed as transient ischemic attacks for several years. This case report …

Language disturbances manifesting as brief periods of speech arrest occur with seizures
originating in the frontal or temporal lobes. These language disturbances are usually …

Objectives: Persisting aphasia presenting as an isolated inability to vocalize is an
uncommon presentation of simple partial status epilepticus and only eight such cases have …

disorders, especially if the patient has no prior history of epilepsy. In previous reports, the
most common clue for NCSE has been the fluctuation in dysphasia, and definitive diagnosis …

Aphasia as the sole manifestation of focal status epilepticus in adult is rarely described.
Such a case is reported here. Two separate episodes were studied: 1) prolonged mixed …

Background Sudden onset of aphasia is usually due to stroke. Rapid diagnostic workup is
necessary if reperfusion therapy is considered. Ictal aphasia is a rare condition but has to be …

Language disturbances during epileptic seizures are not uncommon, but isolated speech
impairment is rare. We report a 67-year-old male with sudden onset of aphasia initially …