Which of the following is likely to be found in a patient with the lesion in shaded area?
Wernicke's aphasia is caused by a lesion in the posterior superior temporal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere. It is characterized by impaired language comprehension, inability to repeat, and fluent speech output with paraphasic errors. The only associated neurologic sign may be a right superior quadrantanopia second~ to the proximity of the inferior optic radiation to Wernicke's area in the left temporal lobe. Ref - Harrison's internal medicine 20e pg 158-159, 159t, 161
Fluent speech output
Normal repetition
Acalculia
Dysahric speech pattern
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