PMID: 8959534Nov 1, 1996Paper

Motor aphasia due to prolonged hypoglycaemic coma in a patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

The Journal of International Medical Research
H KurabayashiT Shirakura

Abstract

A 45-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic man was in a hypoglycaemic coma for one month but recovered after continuous infusion of glucose and insulin. An isolated neurological deficit, motor aphasia, persisted after recovery from the coma. Repeated computerized tomography did not demonstrate any abnormal findings attributable to coma or aphasia. Precise follow-up examinations of aphasia showed improvement of Broca type motor aphasia to transcortical motor aphasia. Hypoglycaemic aphasia in a patient after recovery from prolonged coma is rare and its clinical course and pathogenesis are discussed with reference to the available literature.

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