Corpus callosum demyelination associated with acquired stuttering

Compared with developmental stuttering, adult onset acquired stuttering is rare. However, several case reports describe acquired stuttering and an association with callosal pathology. Interestingly, these cases share a neuroanatomical localisation also demonstrated in developmental stuttering. We pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2018-04, Vol.2018, p.bcr-2017-223486
Hauptverfasser: Decker, Barbara McElwee, Guitar, Barry, Solomon, Andrew
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Zusammenfassung:Compared with developmental stuttering, adult onset acquired stuttering is rare. However, several case reports describe acquired stuttering and an association with callosal pathology. Interestingly, these cases share a neuroanatomical localisation also demonstrated in developmental stuttering. We present a case of adult onset acquired stuttering associated with inflammatory demyelination within the corpus callosum. This patient’s disfluency improved after the initiation of immunomodulatory therapy.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2017-223486