PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Petrovich, Nicole M.
AU  - Holodny, Andrei I.
AU  - Brennan, Cameron W.
AU  - Gutin, Philip H.
TI  - Isolated Translocation of Wernicke’s Area to the Right Hemisphere in a 62-Year-Man with a Temporo-Parietal Glioma
DP  - 2004 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 130--133
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/1/130.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/1/130.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2004 Jan 01; 25
AB  - Summary: We describe a case of translocation of temporo-parietal language function (Wernicke’s area) to the contralateral hemisphere in a right-handed patient with a left temporo-parietal glioma. This translocation was identified by functional MR imaging (fMRI) and validated by direct cortical stimulation during gross-total resection. The current case exemplifies how preoperative fMRI can identify unexpected language organization as a result of tumor growth, affording surgery to patients who may otherwise be deemed inoperable.