ISOLATED PALILALIA - A CASE-REPORT

We report the case of a 74-year-old patient, whose spontaneous speech was characterized by the compulsive repetition of parts of words, word s and sentences with increasing rate and decreasing loudness. On a sta ndardized language examination, his performance was within normal limi ts, besides the presence of palilalia; neurological examination showed a slight limitation of vertical gaze and a reduction of blinking. A s mall right capsulo-thalamic ischemic lesion was present on magnetic re sonance imaging. This case provides further evidence that palilalia ca n be observed as an isolated impairment of speech production following subcortical lesions.