Speech disorders in tumors of the left frontal lobe
Belyĭ, B.I.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 76(12): 1791-1793
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1015114 Document Number: 100626
The paper deals with a description of speech activity or dynamic aphasia seen in 9 patients with tumors of the left frontal lobe. A weakening of volition to speech was combined with disorders of naming, verbal memory, logic thinking. All these disturbances were accompanied by general motor inhibition. Among the 9 studied patients in 8 cases the focus of lesion was situated on the medial surface of the hemisphere, corresponding to the supplementary Penfield speech zone.