Language Areas Involving the Inferior Temporal Cortex on Intraoperative Mapping in a Bilingual Patient With Glioblastoma —Case Report—

Hidehiro KIN; Eiichi ISHIKAWA; Shingo TAKANO; Satoshi AYUZAWA; Akira MATSUSHITA; Yoshihiro MURAGAKI; Hitoshi AIYAMA; Noriaki SAKAMOTO; Tetsuya YAMAMOTO; Akira MATSUMURA

doi:10.2176/nmc.53.256

Case Reports

Language Areas Involving the Inferior Temporal Cortex on Intraoperative Mapping in a Bilingual Patient With Glioblastoma

—Case Report—

Hidehiro KIN, Eiichi ISHIKAWA, Shingo TAKANO, Satoshi AYUZAWA, Akira MATSUSHITA, Yoshihiro MURAGAKI, Hitoshi AIYAMA, Noriaki SAKAMOTO, Tetsuya YAMAMOTO, Akira MATSUMURA

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Hidehiro KIN
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Eiichi ISHIKAWA
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Shingo TAKANO
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Satoshi AYUZAWA
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Akira MATSUSHITA
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Yoshihiro MURAGAKI
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Tokyo Women's Medical University
Hitoshi AIYAMA
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Noriaki SAKAMOTO
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Tetsuya YAMAMOTO
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
Akira MATSUMURA
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba

Keywords: intraoperative mapping, awake surgery, language area, inferior temporal cortex, high-grade glioma

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2013 Volume 53 Issue 4 Pages 256-258

DOI https://doi.org/10.2176/nmc.53.256

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Abstract

A 40-year-old bilingual man underwent removal of glioblastoma multiforme with intraoperative language mapping, mainly using the picture-naming and auditory responsive-naming tasks under cortical stimulation. Multiple language areas were identified, including one located in the middle of the inferior temporal cortex (ITC). Individual mapping for glioma patients must be performed because language areas might be located in various and unexpected regions, including the ITC.

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