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dysnomia; word-finding difficulty
Etiology:
- cerebral ischemia
- transient ischemic attack
- ischemic stroke
- dementia
* also see Wernicke's aphasia
Clinical manifestations:
- Difficulty remembering names of persons & objects. Special laboatory:
- if acute, transient
- electrocardiogram
- carotid ultrasound [1]
Radiology:
- consider neuroimaging
- consider CT angiography of head & neck [1]
Related
amnesic-dysnomic aphasia (anomic aphasia)
anomia
Wernicke's aphasia; fluent aphasia; garbled speech
General
sign/symptom
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 10th edition (GRS10)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2019