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auditory aphasia
Etiology:
1) infarction
2) tumor
3) abscess
Pathology:
- lesion of the superior temporal gyrus
Clinical manifestations:
1) impaired auditory comprehension
2) inability to repeat a sentence or write a dictation
3) associated manifestations
- deafness (rare)
General
aphasia
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 158-161