Expressive Aphasia: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Expressive Aphasia

Stroke

She was discharged on Coumadin (warfarin) five days after the onset of stroke, recovered with only mild expressive aphasia, and returned to work within four months, on a course [web.archive.org]

aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She recovered with only moderate expressive aphasia and mild right hand weakness within four months, and had no evidence of restenosis on follow-up at seven months The investigators [web.archive.org]

Aphasia

[…] epileptic aphasia Akinetic mutism Aphasia conductive Aphasia, angular gyrus syndrome Aphasia, expressive Aphasia, expressive (difficulty speaking) Aphasia, expressive and [icd9data.com]

Expressive aphasia Other names Broca's aphasia, non-fluent aphasia, agrammatic aphasia Broca's area and Wernicke's area Specialty Neurology Expressive aphasia, also known [en.wikipedia.org]

Of course, some individuals with expressive aphasia cannot speak at all. The severity of expressive aphasia varies by patient. Yes. [saebo.com]

Receptive Aphasia

Expressive aphasia is also confused with apraxia of speech. [parrotsoftware.com]

That’s different from expressive aphasia, also known as Broca’s aphasia. Survivors with expressive aphasia know what they want to say or write but can’t find the words. [strokesmart.org]

Cerebral Cortical Atrophy

Expressive aphasia is reflected in odd choices of words, the use of partial phrases, disjointed clauses, and incomplete sentences. [ninds.nih.gov]

Receptive aphasia causes impaired comprehension. [my-ms.org]

Damage to both areas can result in global aphasia, causing severe problems with speaking and comprehension. Receptive aphasia causes impaired comprehension. [homeoguru.com]

Gerstmann Syndrome

which is a difficulty in expressing oneself when speaking, in understanding speech, or in reading and writing. [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] or in association with damage to the inferior parietal lobule of the dominant (left) side. [3] In addition to exhibiting the above symptoms, many adults also experience aphasia [en.wikipedia.org]

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Nothnagel Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Dysdiadochokinesia Intention tremor ) medial ( Cerebellar ataxia ) Basal ganglia Chorea Dystonia Parkinson's disease Cortex ACA syndrome MCA syndrome PCA syndrome frontal lobe : Expressive [en.wikipedia.org]

Familial Developmental Dysphasia

LANGUAGE DISORDER Children with an expressive language disorder (developmental expressive aphasia) fail to develop the use of speech at the usual age. [aafp.org]

This is a non-fluent or expressive aphasia since there are deficits in speech production, prosody and syntactic comprehension. [aacknowledge.org.uk]

Aphasia is a disorder of language; the person cannot formulate what they want to say and therefore cannot fluently express their ideas (expressive aphasia). [childneurologyfoundation.org]

Anterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion

In all instances the children developed after a trivial injury or during physical activity a sudden or gradual purely motor disorder with or without expressive aphasia. [medvik.cz]

To quickly assess for expressive aphasia, ask the patient to name common objects, such as a pen, a watch, or a key. [americannursetoday.com]

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe: Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe: Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Primary Progressive Aphasia

Left hemisphere OT was performed on a 68-year-old male with PPA, characterized by moderate dementia and severe expressive aphasia with relatively preserved comprehension, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The nonfluent variant of primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) is a type of expressive aphasia. [memory.ucsf.edu]

Aphasia identification cards explaining that the person has a language problem may be helpful. [memory.ucsf.edu]

Abulia

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Agnosia

Also, aphasias may interfere with patient’s expression. Neuropsychologic testing may help identify more subtle agnosias. [merckmanuals.com]

Alajouanine Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Posterior Cerebral Artery Thrombosis

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe: Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe: Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

To quickly assess for expressive aphasia, ask the patient to name common objects, such as a pen, a watch, or a key. [americannursetoday.com]

Dominant hemisphere infarct is often associated expressive aphasia where as non-dominant infarct is associated with neglect syndrome. [neuroradiologycases.com]

Parinaud Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Acquired Epileptic Aphasia

Characteristics of Landau Kleffner Syndrome Sudden or gradual development of aphasia (receptive and expressive) after initially normal speech development. [docneuro.com]

At age 7 years 3 months, he developed difficulties with verbal com- prehension followed by an expressive aphasia. [docslide.com.br]

Nocturnal epileptic activity impedes access to the child’s previously established receptive and expressive language ( 1 ). The prognosis for the aphasia varies. [tidsskriftet.no]

Complete Locked-in Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

CAMFAK Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Apraxia

So, a person may have receptive aphasia where they can hear what is being said and can see it visually but cannot understand it or they may have expressive aphasia whereby [empowher.com]

AOS and expressive aphasia (also known as Broca's aphasia) are commonly mistaken as the same disorder mainly because they often occur together in patients. [en.wikipedia.org]

Many people have both apraxia of speech and aphasia resulting from stroke. [aphasia.com]

Focal Epilepsy - Speech Disorder - Mental Retardation

Characteristics of Landau Kleffner Syndrome Sudden or gradual development of aphasia (receptive and expressive) after initially normal speech development. [docneuro.com]

The majority of children with LKS present with expressive aphasia, and more than half of these children have problems with receptive language, auditory processing, auditory [j-epilepsy.org]

Landau Kleffner Syndrome (Acquired Epileptic Aphasia (AEA)) is a subtype of CSWS, with progressively loss of receptive and expressive language ability. [eegpedia.org]

Parenchymatous Cortical Cerebellar Degeneration

Expressive aphasia is reflected in odd choices of words, the use of partial phrases, disjointed clauses, and incomplete sentences. [en.wikipedia.org]

Aphasias are a group of disorders characterized by disturbances in speaking and understanding language. Receptive aphasia causes impaired comprehension. [en.wikipedia.org]

Cerebral Angiography

aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

On postoperative day 2, the patient was noted to have an expressive aphasia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] more specific details regarding the findings of the initial MR cerebral angiography) as part of the ischemic stroke work-up for recurrent episodes of right hemiparesis and expressive [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vestibulocerebellar Ataxia

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Temporal Lobe Disorder

aphasia. [msdmanuals.com]

If the middle back part of the left frontal lobe (Broca area) is damaged, people may have difficulty expressing themselves in words—an impairment called Broca (expressive) [msdmanuals.com]

[…] following: Agnosia (loss of the ability to identify objects using one or more of the senses) Amnesia (total or partial loss of the ability to recall experiences or events) Aphasia [msdmanuals.com]

Aprosencephaly and Cerebellar Dysgenesis

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

(Broca’s or expressive aphasia) selective impairment of language production including impaired repetition due to a lesion of the left inferior frontal lobe ( Brodmann areas [strokecenter.org]

Anomic Aphasia

People with anomic aphasia understand speech well and they can repeat words and sentences. In most cases they can read adequately. [aphasia.org]

Expressive aphasia Lists of language disorders Primary progressive aphasia Receptive aphasia References[edit] ^ "Anomic Aphasia - National Aphasia Association". [en.wikipedia.org]

Lateral Medullary Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe : Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe : Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [ipfs.io]

Acalculia Finger agnosia Right-left disorentation Contralateral weakness Contralateral sensory loss Contralateral hemineglect Contralateral homonymous hemianopia Global aphasia [derangedphysiology.com]

Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome

aphasia Aboulia parietal lobe: Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome Astereognosis occipital lobe: Bálint's syndrome Cortical blindness Pure alexia temporal [en.wikipedia.org]

Dysdiadochokinesia Intention tremor) medial (Cerebellar ataxia) Basal ganglia Chorea Dystonia Parkinson's disease Cortex ACA syndrome MCA syndrome PCA syndrome frontal lobe: Expressive [en.wikipedia.org]

Isolated Succinate-CoQ Reductase Deficiency

aphasia-facial dysmorphism syndrome 13 Cases 404440 Intellectual disability-facial dysmorphism syndrome due to SETD5 haploinsufficiency 7 Cases 370010 Intellectual disability-facial [azkurs.org]

[…] developmental delay- contractures syndrome 5 Families 3044 Intellectual disability- dysmorphism-hypogonadism- diabetes mellitus syndrome 4 Cases 436151 Intellectual disability- expressive [azkurs.org]

Diffuse Brain Injury

Difficulty speaking and being understood (expressive aphasia) Slurred speech Speaking very fast or very slow Problems reading Problems writing Sensory Difficulties with [traumaticbraininjury.com]

Types of aphasia can include: Receptive aphasia, which involves difficulty understanding the spoken word, or Expressive aphasia, which means the patient knows what they wish [brainline.org]

Memory Speed of Processing Confusion Perseveration Impulsiveness Language Processing “Executive functions” Speech and Language Not understanding the spoken word (receptive aphasia [traumaticbraininjury.com]

Central Nervous System Disorder

Comprehension is typically only mildly to moderately impaired in expressive aphasia. [ranker.com]

Photo: via Pinterest Expressive aphasia is characterized by the loss of the ability to produce language. [ranker.com]

This contrasts with receptive aphasia, which is distinguished by a patient's inability to comprehend language or speak with ...more on Wikipedia see more on Expressive aphasia [ranker.com]