Table I.
Case no. | Author, year of publication | Age (years)/sex | Type of aphasia | Previous seizures | CT/MRI findings | Rapid response to AED | AEDs | Etiology | (Refs.) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | De Pasquet et al, 1976 | 17/M | Broca's | Y | – | Y | C′,D,P,P′,P″ | Possibly encephalitis | (6) |
2 | Hamilton and Matthews, 1979 | 30/M | Broca's | Y | Lt frontal | Y | D,P | Subdural hematoma | (8) |
3 | Racy et al, 1980 | 67/F | Broca's | N | Cortical atrophy | N | D,P | Cerebral emboli or ischemia | (9) |
4 | Racy et al, 1980 | 55/M | Wernicke's | N | Lt parieto-occipital area | N | D,P | Cranial defect | (9) |
5 | Dinner et al, 1981 | 60/M | Global | N | Normal | N | D,P | Cerebral infarction | (17) |
6 | Rosenbaum et al, 1986 | 60/M | Broca's | N | Lt parieto-occipital area | N | Unclear | Infraction | (7) |
7 | Knight and Cooper, 1986 | 62/F | Wernicke's | Y | Normal | Y | C | Cortical infarction | (11) |
8 | Primavera et al, 1988 | 77/F | Global | N | Lt temporo-occipital area | N | Unclear | Hemorrhage | (18) |
9 | Thomas et al, 1991 | 77/F | Global | Y | – | Y | Unclear | Unclear | (19) |
10 | Wells et al, 1992 | 45/M | Global | N | Lt temporal lobe | N | D,P | Glioblastoma | (5) |
11 | Kirshner et al, 1995 | 50/M | Wernicke's | N | Lt basal temporal gyrus | N | Unclear | Unclear | (12) |
12 | Primavera et al, 1996 | 44/F | Global | Y | Bilateral periventricular and subcortical lesions | – | Unclear | Multiple sclerosis | (20) |
13 | Grimes and Guberman 1997 | 49/F | Broca's | N | Lt temporo-parietal area | N | D,P | Infraction | (4) |
14 | Ueki et al, 2000 | 62/F | Wernicke's | – | Lt parieto-occipital area | Y | Unclear | Infraction | (13) |
15 | Chung et al, 2002 | 62/M | Global | N | Lt anterior temporal | N | D' | Unclear lesion | (21) |
16 | Cohen et al, 2004 | 26/M | Wernicke's | N | Rt caudate, lentiform nuclei and insula | N | L,O,P″,T | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | (14) |
17 | Hasegawa et al, 2005 | 78/F | Global | – | Lt front-temporal area | Y | C,C',D | Multiple ischemic lesions | (22) |
18 | Ozkaya et al, 2006 | 53/M | Wernicke's | – | Lt parietal area | – | L | AIDS-toxoplasmosis complex | (16) |
19 | Masuda et al, 2011 | 51/M | Wernicke's | – | Lt medial temporal area and basal frontal area | N | Unclear | Limbic encephalitis | (15) |
20 | Huang et al, 2014 | 78/M | Global | N | Normal | N | C | Nonketotic hyperglycemia | (23) |
21 | Kwon et al, 2014 | 36/M | Global | N | Lt fronto-temporal area | N | Unclear | Cefepime | (24) |
22 | Flügel et al, 2015 | 62/F | Global | N | Lt parietal region | N | V | – | (25) |
23 | Caboclo et al, 2016 | 68/F | Broca's | N | Lt frontal region | N | P | Meningioma | (10) |
M, male; F, female; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Lt, left; Rt, right; Y, yes; N, no; AED, anti-epileptic drug; C, carbamazepine; C′, clonazepam; D, diazepam; D′, diphenylhydantoin; L, levetiracetam; O, oxcarbazepine; P, phenytoin; P′, primidone; P″, Phenobarbital; T, topiramate; V, valproate; -, not available.