Acquired stuttering due to recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Nov 19:2013:bcr2013009562. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009562.

Abstract

Acquired (neurogenic) stuttering is a rare phenomenon seen after cerebral infarction or brain injury. Aetiology of this symptom is unclear, but recent evidence supports that it is a disturbance in the left hemispheric neural network involving the interplay between the cortex and basal ganglia. We present the case of a patient who develops acquired stuttering after a recurrence of a right temporoparietal anaplastic astrocytoma (WHO grade III). We also review other cases of acquired stuttering and known anatomical correlates.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytoma / complications*
  • Astrocytoma / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Corpus Callosum* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neuroimaging
  • Parietal Lobe* / pathology
  • Recurrence
  • Stuttering / etiology*