Dysarthria and Anarthria.

Pure dysarthria, isolated facial paresis, or dysarthria-facial paresis syndrome.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pure dysarthria, isolated supranuclear facial paresis, and their combination without somatic motor dysfunction are rarely encountered clinical syndromes and have not yet been clearly characterized. METHODS Thirteen patients (9 men, 4 women; aged 33 to 72 [mean, 56] years) with unilateral strokes who developed dysarthria with or without facial paresis but without somatic...

Pure dysarthria and dysarthria-facial paresis syndrome due to internal capsule and/or corona radiata infarction

BACKGROUND Pure dysarthria (PD) and dysarthria-facial paresis syndrome (DFP) mainly result from lenticulostriate artery territory infarction. PD and DFP are rare clinical entities, often grouped without distinction. The purpose of this study was to examine clinical and radiographic differences between PD and DFP due to unilateral internal capsule and/or corona radiata infarction. METHODS Usin...

Irinotecan-Induced Dysarthria

Colorectal carcinomas are among the most common tumor types and are generally treated with palliative chemotherapy in case of metastatic disease. Here, we describe the case of a 46-year-old patient with metastatic rectal carcinoma who received second-line therapy with irinotecan and developed isolated transient dysarthria (with normal MR imaging of the brain) following each administration of ir...

Extending Dysarthria Research

Dysarthria and thrombocytopenia after tick bite.

A 63-year-old woman presented with fever, confusion, dysarthria (slurred speech), new-onset thrombocytopenia (26 3 10 /L platelets) and mild transaminitis 2 weeks after a tick bite to the left thigh. Physical examination was negative for splenomegaly, rash, or any other focal deficits. A review of the peripheral smear confirmed morulae inside the neutrophils suggestive of a diagnosis of human g...