Pure motor aphasia: An uncommon presentation of left middle cerebral artery territory infarct

Aphasia

“…If there is involvement of posterior temporal region then Wernicke's aphasia can occur. [ 2 ] The most commonly accepted definition of Aphasia is loss or impairment of verbal communication that occurs due to an underlying brain function. An infarct however small in the distribution of middle cerebral artery can cause small Broca's aphasia and it is relatively rare phenomenon.…”

“…If the patient comes with vague neurological compliant along with a preexisting or concurrent psychiatric illness, it becomes a diagnostic dilemma. [ 2 ] True aphasia is seen in schema of Left MCA-there is difficulty in speech production due to brain injury and sometimes even comprehension is affected. Due to the supply of MCA at the cortex regions-language or speech deficits are also accompanied by contralateral motor or sensory deficits, sometimes visual field deficits are also noticed-as MCA supplies motor, sensory and visual cortex.…”