Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Neurology
Abstract
Determining the language-dominant hemisphere is essential for planning epilepsy surgery. A 60-year-old righthanded woman with epilepsy since age 16 failed a partial right anterior lobectomy at age 21. Later, a brain MRI found extensive right-sided cortical dysplasia and periventricular heterotopia. Subsequently, prolonged videoEEG monitoring localized her seizures to the right temporoparietal region. Functional MRI was inconclusive in lateralizing her language, prompting a Wada test, which strongly lateralized language to the right. This unique case of atypical language representation in a right-handed individual with an extensive right-hemispheric congenital malformation and seizure focus illustrates the important thorough presurgical language assessment.
Digital Commons Citation
Khan, Muhammad T.; Oghlakian, Roger; and Koubeissi, Mohamad Z., "Unusual Atypical Language Lateralization" (2016). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2389.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2389
Source Citation
Khan, M. T., Oghlakian, R., & Koubeissi, M. Z. (2016). Unusual atypical language lateralization. Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, 6, 73–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2016.01.007
Comments
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).