Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review

Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review

Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a rare phenomenon where speech is characterized by a new accent to the patient’s native language. More than 100 cases with the syndrome have been published, the majority of which were associated with observed insults of the speech center. Some other cases have been d...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Asogwa, Carolina Nisenoff, Jerome Okudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8073572
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spelling doaj-73b030458bca4b4f87a4fdb46bb0b4fd2020-11-25T00:08:40ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382016-01-01201610.1155/2016/80735728073572Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature ReviewKenneth Asogwa0Carolina Nisenoff1Jerome Okudo2Richmond University Medical Center, 355 Bard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10310, USARichmond University Medical Center, 355 Bard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10310, USAUniversity of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030, USAForeign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a rare phenomenon where speech is characterized by a new accent to the patient’s native language. More than 100 cases with the syndrome have been published, the majority of which were associated with observed insults of the speech center. Some other cases have been described without identifiable organic brain injury, especially in patients with psychiatric illness. This paper presents a patient with schizophrenia and FAS, without any evidence of organic brain injury. FAS recurred during psychotic exacerbation and did not reverse before transfer to a long-term psychiatric facility. The case is discussed in the context of a brief review of the syndrome.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8073572
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Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Psychiatry
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title Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Foreign Accent Syndrome, a Rare Presentation of Schizophrenia in a 34-Year-Old African American Female: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort foreign accent syndrome, a rare presentation of schizophrenia in a 34-year-old african american female: a case report and literature review
publisher Hindawi Limited
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publishDate 2016-01-01
description Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a rare phenomenon where speech is characterized by a new accent to the patient’s native language. More than 100 cases with the syndrome have been published, the majority of which were associated with observed insults of the speech center. Some other cases have been described without identifiable organic brain injury, especially in patients with psychiatric illness. This paper presents a patient with schizophrenia and FAS, without any evidence of organic brain injury. FAS recurred during psychotic exacerbation and did not reverse before transfer to a long-term psychiatric facility. The case is discussed in the context of a brief review of the syndrome.
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