Case of the Week
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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A 62-year-old man without relevant past medical history. A couple of hours after suffering minor accidental head trauma, relatives started noticing subjective speech difficulties described as slowness, stuttering, and trouble finding words. Patient was brought to the ED 2 days later, without objective deficits on neurologic examination. Formal neuropsychological evaluation documented a mild defect in spontaneous verbal recall.