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The Authors present two cases of Wernicke-Korsakoff Disease following gastric surgery. This clinical occurrence hasn't been previously described in Literature. The pathogenetical role of nutritional factors deficiency is discussed.
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Alcohol Amnestic Disorder/etiology , Postgastrectomy Syndromes/etiology , Wernicke Encephalopathy/etiology , Humans , Malabsorption Syndromes/etiology , Male , Middle Aged , Peptic Ulcer/surgery , Protein Deficiency/etiology , Thiamine Deficiency/etiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
A 59-year-old man is reported, who became aphasic after left thalamic infarction, shown by CT. His speech was fluent, with reduced voice volume, impaired auditory and reading comprehension, verbal paraphasias but intact repetition skills. A single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan to measure regional cerebral flow (rCBF) showed a reduction of flow in the parietotemporal areas of the left hemisphere. It is suggested that thalamic aphasia could result from structural subcortical damage with a homolateral functional cortical deficit leading to the specific aphasic disturbance.
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Aphasia/etiology , Cerebral Infarction/complications , Cerebrovascular Circulation , Thalamic Diseases/complications , Aphasia/physiopathology , Cerebral Infarction/physiopathology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Thalamic Diseases/physiopathology , Tomography, Emission-ComputedABSTRACT
The authors propose a review about Alexias according to the latest theories. Anatomoclinical and linguistic classification of alexia are reported. Some hypotheses about reading processes, according to linguistic classification, are discussed.
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Dyslexia, Acquired/classification , Agraphia/complications , Aphasia/complications , Brain/pathology , Dyslexia, Acquired/complications , Dyslexia, Acquired/diagnosis , Eye Movements , HumansABSTRACT
It has been reported a case of a young man with a rare syndrome: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with dementia. The case is discussed with reference to some pathogenetic ipothesis.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/complications , Dementia/complications , Adult , Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/diagnosis , Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/pathology , Brain/pathology , Dementia/diagnosis , Dementia/pathology , Humans , Male , SyndromeSubject(s)
Liver Cirrhosis/complications , Polyradiculoneuropathy/etiology , Chronic Disease , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
"Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration" is a rare syndrome characterized by extrapiramidal symptomathology in patients affected by liver complaint with porta-cava shunt. Extrapiramidal symptomathology become chronical and progressive and its development is partially independent from the basic liver complaint. We report one case of "acquired hepatocerebral degeneration" whose clinical features lead us to advance a pathogenetic hypothesis on the role played by neurotransmitters in this syndrome.
