失語と左片麻痺を呈した85歳女性

A85-year-old Right-handed Woman with Aphasia and Left Hemiparesis

症例呈示

　症例　M．S．85歳，女性。

　主訴　顔面を含む左片麻痺，言語障害。

We report a 85-year-old woman who developed speech disturbance and left hemiparesis. She had a gradual onset of gait disturbance 3 years prior to the present admission. Five days before admission, she started to pace up and down in her house; she did not want to take food on the following day, and she developed fever of 39℃; it was also noted that she became mute. On the next day, she developed left hemiparesis; she was still mute but was able to communicate by hand writing to some extent. She was admitted to our service on February 24, 1992.