One case of primary progressive aphasia syndrome
Tang Ying
Wang Ye
Wang De-sheng
Abstract：BACKGROUND: Primary progressive aphasia syndrome(PPA) is an unusual type of dementia, and the relevant reports are very rare in China.OBJECTIVE: To describe a Chinese PPA patient with non-fluent aphasia as the main clinical characteristic.DESIGN: An observed trial and a case analysis based on patients.SETTING: Department of Neurology in a hospital of a university and a general hospital of a military area command of Chinese PLA.PARTICIPANT: The patient was a 64-year-old and right-handed man, who hospitalizated in First Clinical Medical College, Harbin Medical University in April 2002.METHODS: Neuropsychological assessment, head structural computed tomograph and magnetic resonance imaging and functional single photon emission computed tomography(SPECT) imaging were used in this patient.ing results.RESULTS: Neuropsychological testing revealed predominantly non-fluent aphasia, anomia was the earliest symptom. CT scan and MRI revealed atrophy of left temporal convexities and enlarged sylvian fissures. SPECT exhibited hypoperfusion in the left temporal, frontal, and partially parietal areas.CONCLUSION: The clinical symptoms, the neuropsychological and neuroimaging findings fit the diagnosis of PPA.
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Publication Date：2005-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 168-169 )