Man's prostate cancer leads him to speak in an Irish accent

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A man suffering from prostate cancer started sporting an Irish accent in what is one of the few documented reports of the condition and the first ever associated with this type of cancer.

Sadly, the man ultimately passed away from his disease.

The man was being treated for an ongoing case of metastatic prostate cancer when he suddenly began to speak with “an uncontrollable ‘Irish brogue’ accent.

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Dr. Jenna Crowe-Riddell

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FAS has been documented in cases around the world, including accent changes from Japanese to Korean, British English to French, American English to British English.

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In the case of the man suffering from prostate cancer, the doctors venture a guess that the man’s accent was actually caused by an underlying paraneoplastic neurological disorder.

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This is a condition when damage to the brain occurs as an immune response to cancer elsewhere in the body.

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Man's prostate cancer leads him to speak in an Irish accent

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BY LOUKIA PAPADOPOULOS

A man suffering from prostate cancer started sporting an Irish accent in what is one of the few documented reports of the condition and the first ever associated with this type of cancer.

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Sadly, the man ultimately passed away from his disease.

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The man was being treated for an ongoing case of metastatic prostate cancer when he suddenly began to speak with “an uncontrollable ‘Irish brogue’ accent.

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Dr. Jenna Crowe-Riddell

Medical professionals have described FAS as a type of motor speech disorder. It was first witnessed by doctors in 1907.

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FAS has been documented in cases around the world, including accent changes from Japanese to Korean, British English to French, American English to British English.

HEALTH

In the case of the man suffering from prostate cancer, the doctors venture a guess that the man’s accent was actually caused by an underlying paraneoplastic neurological disorder.

HEALTH

This is a condition when damage to the brain occurs as an immune response to cancer elsewhere in the body.

HEALTH

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