Transient naming deficits associated with insular lesions in a patient with encephalitis

Marxreiter F, Utz K, Schlachetzki J, Seifert F, Schmidt M, Dörfler A, Schwab S, Schenk T (2019)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Neurocase Taylor & Francis (Psychology Press): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles / Taylor & Francis (Psychology Press)

Pages Range: 1-8

DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2019.1668421

Abstract

We describe a patient with acute herpes simplex encephalitis with left-hemispheric hippocampal, parahippocampal and insular lesions. Although prototypic language areas were unaffected, the patient suffered from an inability to name objects or animals displayed on pictures. This deficit was transient and gradually disappeared 8 weeks after the initial diagnosis. Our findings are in line with a previous report showing similar deficits in a patient with a comparable lesion pattern and support the hypothesis that left insular lesions can produce severe naming deficits. Using FDG-PET we ruled out that functional deactivation in classical language areas account for the observed naming deficits.

Authors with CRIS profile

Franz Marxreiter Department of Neurology Johannes Schlachetzki Department of Molecular Neurology Frank Seifert Medizinische Fakultät Manuel Schmidt Department of Neuroradiology Arnd Dörfler Department of Neuroradiology Stefan Schwab Lehrstuhl für Neurologie

Additional Organisation(s)

Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung

Involved external institutions

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)

Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Marxreiter, F., Utz, K., Schlachetzki, J., Seifert, F., Schmidt, M., Dörfler, A.,... Schenk, T. (2019). Transient naming deficits associated with insular lesions in a patient with encephalitis. Neurocase, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2019.1668421

MLA:

Marxreiter, Franz, et al. "Transient naming deficits associated with insular lesions in a patient with encephalitis." Neurocase (2019): 1-8.

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