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P.201 Disruption of the Frontal Aslant Tract is Associated with Transient Aphasia and not Agraphia: A Neurosurgical Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2022

M Abbass
Affiliation:
(London)*
JC Lau
Affiliation:
(London)
J Megyesi
Affiliation:
(London)
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Abstract

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Background: The frontal aslant tract (FAT) is a recently discovered white-matter tract connecting the medial superior frontal gyrus to the inferior frontal gyrus. There is increasing evidence for its importance in speech initiation and production. Despite this, there remains limited evidence demonstrating clinical outcomes when lesioning this tract. Methods: Medical records for the case were reviewed. Imaging was exported and tractography was performed using 3D Slicer. Results: A 58-year-old female presented with a focal seizure and imaging demonstrating a left frontal extra-axial lesion. She underwent a left frontal craniotomy for tumour debulking and biopsy. The final pathology was consistent with a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Postoperatively, she presented with expressive aphasia without agraphia. She was able to write out answers to questions she could not verbalize. We used tractography to provide evidence of postoperative disruption to her left FAT. At a 6-week clinical follow-up, her language deficits were clinically resolved. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of aphasia without agraphia seen with disruption of the left FAT. Further elucidating clinical outcomes of disrupting the dominant FAT will aid in improved patient counselling, prognostication and neurosurgical planning. Further research is required to investigate the mechanisms underlying language recovery and handwriting.

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Poster Presentations
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation