Brainstem Infarction Presenting with Neurogenic Stuttering

Mitsuru DOI; Hiroyuki NAKAYASU; Takao SODA; Kotaro SHIMODA; Aki ITO; Kenji NAKASHIMA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.42.884

Mitsuru DOI, Hiroyuki NAKAYASU, Takao SODA, Kotaro SHIMODA, Aki ITO, Kenji NAKASHIMA

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Keywords: brainstem infarction, midbrain, neurogenic stuttering, periaqueductal gray matter, palilalia, acute multiple brain infarction

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2003 Volume 42 Issue 9 Pages 884-887

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.42.884

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Abstract

We reported a sixty-year-old man who developed acquired stuttering after a brainstem infarction. Infarctions were detected in the midbrain and upper pons. Neurogenic stuttering of this patients indicated that the midbrain and upper pons could be lesion sites responsible for acquired stuttering. We speculated that the reticular network extending from the brainstem to the frontal cortices, and the periaqueductal gray matter could be closely related regions generating neurogenic stuttering.
(Internal Medicine 42: 884-887, 2003)

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