[Atypical verbal behavior in a 30 year follow-up of an acquired aphasia-epilepsy syndrome].

Detailed study of the communication of one of the patients followed-up by Deonna et al. (1989) who has been suffering since age seven of an atypical acquired aphasia-epilepsia syndrome. Seizures as well as peculiar verbal productions persist at adult age. After a thirty year follow-up, only a small lexicon has been acquired, mostly made of onomatopeia and idiosyncrasies. We describe this lexicon and discuss the quality of the communication in a real-life ecological situation. We then compare it to the jargon and the aphasic productions of the standard neuropsychological examination.