Subcortical Aphasia
Carolina Berenice Anízar Rodríguez, Dulce María Mendoza Ugalde, Paulina Concepción Murphy Ruíz, Blanca Isabel Pérez Hernández, Rodolfo Ariel García Tecpa, Salomón Waizel Haiat
Aphasia, a language deficit caused by an acquired cerebral lesion was initially believed to be triggered
exclusively by cortical damage. However, recent findings have confirmed that aphasia can also arise from
subcortical lesions. This paper presents a case of a 53-year-old man with acquired language impairment
associated with a lesion in the left lenticular nucleus caused by a hemorrhagic cerebrovascular event. The
patient exhibited clinical and imaging characteristics consistent with subcortical aphasia of the thalamic
and striato-capsular type. Subcortical structures are increasingly recognized for their involvement in
language processing, alongside the cerebral cortex. Despite current acceptance of subcortical aphasia,
there are limited studies on this type of aphasia and its interlinguistic variations. Consequently, extensive
research is warranted to gain a better understanding of it as a clinical entity.
