Foreign accent syndrome following herpes simplex encephalitis: a case report
- 16.04.2020
- Letter to the Editor
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Xiao-Min Xu
- Ben-bing Rong
- Zhi-yu Lv
- Zhi-jun Yuan
- Zuo-Xiao Li
- Erschienen in
- Neurological Sciences | Ausgabe 9/2020
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Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare speech disorder characterized by accent change which perceived by listeners as a foreign accent. Although many cases have been described, it remains a poorly understood condition. The commonly reported etiologies of FAS including stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS), vasculitis, primary neurodegenerative disorder, brain tumor, and mental disorders [1‐3]. The lesions in the FAS patients are typically located in the supratentorial left hemisphere, generally involving the primary motor cortex and premotor cortex, and/or the basal ganglia [1]. Right or bilateral hemisphere and infratentorial regions also have been reported in a small number of cases [1]. To our knowledge, there is no report that FAS is secondary to viral encephalitis. Therefore, we report a case of FAS following herpes simplex encephalitis, and expect to promote the study of FAS. …
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- Titel
- Foreign accent syndrome following herpes simplex encephalitis: a case report
- Verfasst von
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Xiao-Min Xu
Ben-bing Rong
Zhi-yu Lv
Zhi-jun Yuan
Zuo-Xiao Li
- Publikationsdatum
- 16.04.2020
- Verlag
- Springer International Publishing
- Erschienen in
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Neurological Sciences / Ausgabe 9/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1590-3478 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04403-8
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