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Résumé : Remote cortical effects of deep-seated lesions were studied by 99mTc-hexamethyl-propylenenamine oxime single-photon emission computed tomography at about 50 days after stroke in a population of 16 right-handed aphasic patients. A left-sided regional cortical hypoperfusion was present in all cases. Significant relations were observed between the severity of verbal expression disorders and the degree of regional cortical flow decrease, suggesting that, from a given level of remote dysfunction, the affected cortical areas no longer would be able to play their functional role in language elaboration. There was no difference between the degree of cortical hypoperfusion, whether the morphological lesion was of thromboembolic or hemorrhagic origin. © 1993, National Stroke Association. All rights reserved.