NEUROLOGY
SPASTIC PARAPARESIS
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Question
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Lesions to the corpus callosum caused by an infarct of the anterior cerebral artery may result in another type of disconnect syndrome known as:
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Conduction Aphasia
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Asomatognosia
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Transcortical Aphasia
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Receptive Aphasia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Transcortical sensory aphasia is caused by lesions in the inferior left temporal lobe of the brain located near Wernicke’s area, and is usually due to minor hemorrhage or contusion in the temporal lobe, or infarcts of the left posterior cerebral artery (PCA).
Detailed explanation-2: -Transcortical motor aphasia (TMoA), also known as commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia, results from damage in the anterior superior frontal lobe of the language-dominant hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -One type of aphasia, called transcortical sensory aphasia, can cause poor auditory comprehension. It most commonly occurs after damage to the temporal lobe.
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