Biomedical subjects

C Papagno

Publications and source records attributed to C Papagno.

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PubMed1986

Unawareness of disease following lesions of the right hemisphere: anosognosia for hemiplegia and anosognosia for hemianopia.

Unawareness of motor and visual-field defects was investigated in 97 right brain-damaged subjects. Both kinds of anosognosia were found to be double-dissociated from more elementary neurological disorders and from personal and extra-personal neglect. The relationships between anosognosia and unilateral neglect are discussed and allusion is made to the implications concerning the neurological organization of higher control functions.

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PubMed1986

Aphasia does not always follow left thalamic hemorrhage: a study of five negative cases.

Five right-handed patients suffering from a recent CT-assessed left posterior thalamic hemorrhage are reported. In all patients a standard language examination performed within one month after stroke onset did not reveal aphasic disturbances. While the present series argues for the role of intrathalamic lesion localization, a review of the literature suggests that lesion site per se does not always account for the presence or absence of aphasia in the individual case. The importance of reduced blood flow and metabolism in cortical areas which appear undamaged on CT scan is briefly discussed.

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PubMed1983

Subcortical aphasia: two clinical-CT scan correlation studies.

Two clinical-CT scan studies were undertaken in order to investigate the frequency and the characteristics of aphasia following strictly subcortical left hemisphere lesions. In Study 1, all patients whose CT scan, carried out within a given period, showed subcortical lesions in both hemispheres, were evaluated for presence and type of aphasia; conversely, in Study 2 the records of all patients referred to our Aphasia Unit for language evaluation within a given period, were examined for presence of subcortical lesions on the CT scan. In Study 1 aphasia was found in two out of six patients. In Study 2 stabilized, strictly subcortical lesions of the left hemisphere were found in six out of 250 patients referred to the Aphasia Unit; 4 out of 6 were aphasics. Closer scrutiny of the type of language disorder in the aphasics from both studies (N = 6) suggests the possibility of differentiating two types of defect: an atypical non fluent aphasia, sometimes associated with anterior capsular-putaminal lesions, and a mild fluent aphasia, sometimes associated with posterior capsular-putaminal lesions.

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PubMed1983

A case of aphasia following left thalamic hemorrhage.

In a patient without fluent speech, good comprehension, aphasia and frequent neologisms, computerized tomography (CT scan) demonstrated a left posterior thalamic hemorrhage sparing other language areas. We discuss the existence and the anatomical and pathogenetic mechanisms of thalamic aphasia.

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