Mixed Transcortical Aphasia in Association with Neurodegenerative Disease (P6.080)

Conclusions:Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease manifested by a progressive decline in language capabilities. To date, three types of PPA have been described: a semantic variant and two non-semantic variants called nonfluent/agrammatic and logopenic variants. Semantic PPA patients have difficulty comprehending word meaning and anomia but are fluent with grammatically correct speech. Nonfluent variants present with speech apraxia, grammatical errors with preserved word comprehension (Gorno Tempini 2011). To our knowledge this is the first case associated with neurodegenerative disease. Hence, this case represents a new variant of primary progressive aphasia.Disclosure: Dr. Tariq has nothing to disclose. Dr. Parker has nothing to disclose. Dr. Saadatpour has nothing to disclose. Dr. Khan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Mardani has nothing to disclose. Dr. Leilani has nothing to disclose. Dr. Heilman has received personal compensation for activities with the American Academy of Neurology and Harvard as a speaker. Dr. Heilman has received personal compensation in an editorial capacity.

Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Tariq, U., Parker, A., Saadatpour, L., Khan, F., Mardani, H., Leilani, D., Heilman, K. Tags: Aging, Dementia, Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology ePoster Session I Source Type: research