Abstract
Acute global aphasia without hemiparesis has been considered pathognomonic of embolic stroke. During 1 year, we encountered six patients with this syndrome. Two had multiple strokes, probably embolic. One had atrial fibrillation; at autopsy, there were metastases as well as multiple infarcts in the left hemisphere. One had a single large infarct in the territory of an anterior branch of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), one had subarachnoid hemorrhage of unknown origin, and one had a sylvian fissure hematoma with intraparenchymal extension from a ruptured MCA aneurysm. Nonembolic etiologies are therefore also possible and include conditions that bar anticoagulation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 201-205 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Neurology |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology