Another cause of isolated aphasia – Illicit drug abuse

It is because of the distribution of the MCA that isolated aphasia is uncommon. This case reminds us of the risk of stroke in illicit drug use while highlighting another cause of stroke with isolated aphasia.We present a 50 year old male with no prior medical history, who presented because his wife...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Randol Kennedy, MD, Neda Rouhi-Brojeni, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918303153