Unexpectedly good recovery of language functions in a patient with transcortical mixed aphasia of vascular etiology

Abstract

Unexpectedly good recovery of language functions in a patient with transkscortical mixed aphasia of vascular etiology is described in this paper. It was pointed out that treatment of this type of aphasia should include strategies which could remove abnormalities in the verbal behavior, such as perseveration and eholalia are, and strategies which are directed on the remediation of specific language modalities.

U radu je prikazan neočekivano dobar oporavak jezičkih funkcija kod bolesnika sa trankosrtikalnom mešovitom afazijom vaskularne etiologije Istaknuto je da program tertemana transkortikalne mešovite afazije treba da obuhvati terapijske procedure za otklanjanje abnormalnih oblika verbalnog ponašanja, kao što su perseveracija i eholalija, kao i terapijske procedure usmerene na remedijaciju poremećaja specifičnih modaliteta jezičke funkcije.