Crisis afásica simulando un ataque cerebrovascular isquémico agudo en el Servicio de Neurología del Hospital de San José de Bogotá DC

Ictal or post-ictal aphasia has been demonstrated in almost 17% of patients. In some cases in which it is the only ictal symptom, as in the epileptic aphasic status, it could represent a diagnostic challenge, and depend on the level of clinical suspicion. A case is presented of an elderly adult who arrived in the emergency room with a speech impairment. It was first suspected as an ischaemic cerebrovascular attack, but the video telemetry, requested after evaluating the magnetic resonance image, showed lateralised epileptiform discharges in the left temporal region, for which the patient was managed as an aphasic status with subsequent improvement.