Wernicke's aphasia
E217486
Wernicke's aphasia is a language disorder typically caused by damage to the posterior temporal lobe, characterized by fluent but often nonsensical speech and impaired comprehension.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wernicke's aphasia canonical | 2 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aphasia
ⓘ
language disorder ⓘ neurogenic communication disorder ⓘ |
| affects |
language comprehension
ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ written language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
posterior aphasia
ⓘ
receptive aphasia ⓘ sensory aphasia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
impaired auditory verbal comprehension
ⓘ
jargon aphasia ⓘ middle cerebral artery territory infarct ⓘ phonemic paraphasias ⓘ semantic paraphasias ⓘ superior temporal gyrus damage ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory | fluent aphasia ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
fluent speech
ⓘ
impaired comprehension ⓘ impaired repetition ⓘ logorrhea ⓘ neologisms ⓘ paraphasic errors ⓘ poor self-monitoring of speech ⓘ reduced awareness of language deficits ⓘ |
| commonCause |
intracerebral hemorrhage
ⓘ
ischemic stroke ⓘ |
| diagnosedBy |
neuroimaging
ⓘ
neurological examination ⓘ speech and language assessment ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Broca's aphasia
ⓘ
conduction aphasia ⓘ global aphasia ⓘ |
| hasComprehension | impaired ⓘ |
| hasICD10Code | R47.01 ⓘ |
| hasNaming | impaired ⓘ |
| hasRepetition | impaired ⓘ |
| hasSpeechFluency | fluent ⓘ |
| hasTypicalOnset | sudden onset in vascular cases ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Carl Wernicke ⓘ |
| possibleCause |
brain tumor
ⓘ
encephalitis ⓘ neurodegenerative disease ⓘ traumatic brain injury ⓘ |
| treatedWith |
communication strategies training
ⓘ
multidisciplinary rehabilitation ⓘ speech-language therapy ⓘ |
| typicalLesionHemisphere | left cerebral hemisphere ⓘ |
| typicalLesionLobe | temporal lobe ⓘ |
| typicalLesionLocation |
Wernicke area
ⓘ
surface form:
Wernicke's area
posterior superior temporal gyrus ⓘ |
| typicalLesionSide | dominant hemisphere for language ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.