Speech disturbances due to left precentral cortical lesions
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1a Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine , Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital , Toshima-ku , Japan.
Abstract:
We encountered two patients with lesions predominantly localized to the left precentral cortex who presented with speech disorders. Patient 1 had a lesion localized to the anterior part of the left precentral cortex along the precentral sulcus, in the middle part of the convexity. Patient 1 predominantly exhibited disturbance of prosody. Patient 2 had a lesion localized to the left precentral cortex, located slightly more posterior and more inferior in the convexity. Patient 2 predominantly exhibited disturbance of articulation, with distortion of sounds without apparent inconsistency. Even lesions localized to the left precentral cortex present with various types of speech disturbance.
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