Acute naming deficits following dominant temporal lobectomy: prediction by age at 1st risk for seizures.

Abstract

Age at 1st risk for seizures may predict anomia following dominant anterior temporal lobectomy. We assessed confrontation naming before and 2 to 3 weeks after surgery in 45 right-handed patients grouped by side of focus and presence or absence of early (less than or equal to 5 years) risk factors. After left lobectomy, 6 of 10 (60%) patients with no early risks demonstrated significant decline (greater than or equal to 25%) in naming, but none of the patients with early risks showed this decline. After right lobectomy, there was no change. Cerebral representation of naming may be atypical in patients with early risks.

• Authors: P Stafiniak, A J Saykin, M R Sperling, D B Kester, L J Robinson, M J O'Connor, R C Gur
• Journal: Neurology (Neurology) Vol. 40 Issue 10 Pg. 1509-12 (Oct 1990) ISSN: 0028-3878 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2215940 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Aging (physiology)
• Anomia (etiology)
• Dominance, Cerebral
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Language
• Postoperative Complications
• Prognosis
• Risk Factors
• Seizures (surgery)
• Temporal Lobe (surgery)