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J. Bogousslavsky, MD
Department of Neurology CHUV 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

Arch Neurol. 1990;47(2):124.

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To the Editor.

—The syndrome of right pseudothalamic hemisensory disturbance (Foix-Chavany-Lévy syndrome¹) with conduction aphasia as reported by Hyman and Tranel² is interesting, but the authors forgot to mention that it was reported previously. At least two articles have appeared on that subject in the French-language literature.^3,4 In these patients, the lesion topography on computed tomography was similar to that of Hyman and Tranel's patient, being mainly subcortical in the territory of the anterior parietal artery. In the Lausanne Stroke Registry, 4 of 258 patients with acute left infarct in the superficial territory of the middle cerebral artery showed this syndrome,⁵ suggesting that it may not be of extreme rarity. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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