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. 2017 Aug 21;14(4):3501–3506. doi: 10.3892/etm.2017.4979

Table I.

Review of previously reported cases of aphasic status epilepticus.

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.