Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: Computed Tomograghic Scan, 99mTc HMPAO-SPECT, and FLAIR MRI Findings in a Patient With Subcortical Aphasia, Alexia, Bilateral Agraphia, and Left-handed Deficit of Constructional Ability
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Design and Method: A right-handed woman with chronic alcoholism demonstrated mutism, impaired comprehension of spoken language, alexia, and righthanded agraphia. The syndrome of interhemispheric disconnection was manifested by left-handed deficit of constructional ability and agraphia. The patient underwent brain computed tomographic scans, technetium 99 hexylmethylpropylene amineoxime–single photon emission computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that also included fluid attenuated inversion recovery images.
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Marchiafava-Bignami DiseaseComputed Tomograghic Scan, 99mTc HMPAO-SPECT, and FLAIR MRI Findings in a Patient With Subcortical Aphasia, Alexia, Bilateral Agraphia, and Left-handed Deficit of Constructional Ability
Design and Method: A right-handed woman with chronic alcoholism demonstrated mutism, impaired comprehension of spoken language, alexia, and righthanded agraphia. The syndrome of interhemispheric disconnection was manifested by left-handed deficit of constructional ability and agraphia. The patient underwent brain computed tomographic scans, technetium 99 hexylmethylpropylene amineoxime–single p...
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