Abstract
Acquired epileptic aphasia, otherwise known as Landau–Kleffner syndrome, is a childhood epilepsy syndrome, characterized by acquired aphasia, seizures, behavioral abnormalities, and abnormal electroencephalography (EEG), in various combinations. Sometimes, some intracranial pathologies, such as brain tumor, head injury, demyelination, and neurocysticercosis, have been found in association. Here, we report a case of a 5-year-old male child presenting with gradual loss of speech, behavioral abnormalities, such as hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and abnormal EEG findings, but without the classical seizures seen with this syndrome.
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Sarkar, Shatanik; Patra, Chaitali; and Dasgupta, Malay Kumar
(2018)
"An aphasic child with behavioral abnormality Landau–Kleffner syndrome,"
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU: Vol. 11:
Iss.
1, Article 16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_70_17
Available at:
https://kleijhsbr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol11/iss1/16
Pages
86
Last Page
88
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