global aphasia
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Etiology
- infarction in the distribution of the internal carotid artery or middle cerebral artery
- trauma
- tumor
Pathology
- large lesion of the dominant frontal lobr, parietal lobe & superior temporal lobe
Clinical manifestations
- minimal speech
- nonfluent aphasia
- comprehension poor for both written & spoken language
- associated manifestations
- contralateral hemiplegia
- hemisensory loss
- hemianopsia
- repetition: abnormal
- naming: abnormal
- writing: abnormal