An unusual case of epileptic transient aphemia. Clinical and neuropsychological findings.

Abstract

A patient with unusually prolonged epileptic aphemic attacks following a surgical lesion in the left frontal lobe is described. Clinical, electroencephalographic and neuropsychological findings are reported. True aphemia is relatively rare and the described case affords the opportunity of emphasizing that a relatively rare disorder of language as aphemia might also occur with true epileptic attacks.