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Diagnostic dilemma: After surgery, a 17-year-old could speak only a foreign language

While waking up from knee surgery, a 17-year-old boy temporarily lost his ability to speak in his native language.
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After a Knee Surgery, This Teenager Wakes up Speaking a Foreign Language and Has Forgotten His Mother Tongue

A 17-year-old Dutch boy who underwent a routine knee operation stunned doctors and his family when he woke up speaking only English and was unable to understand or speak Dutch—his native language. The ...