Proper Name Anomia After Left Temporal Subcortical Hemorrhage》.pdf

PROPER NAME ANOMIA AFTER LEFT TEMPORAL SUBCORTICAL HEMORRHAGE 1,4 1 1 1 2 Yuji Otsuka , Kyoko Suzuki , Toshikatsu Fujii , Rina Miura , Keiko Endo , Hisatake Kondo and Atsushi Yamadori1 1 ( Division of Neuropsychology, Department of Disability Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; 2Department of Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Hospital; 3Section of Histology, Division of Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; 4Department of Psychiatry, Asahi General Hospital) ABSTRACT We report here a patient with proper name anomia following subcortical hemorrhage in the left superior temporal gyrus. Despite the preserved ability to retrieve common names, the patient could not retrieve the names of people, countries, or racehorses, which he could recognize quite well. Semantic knowledge regarding people, countries, and racehorses was also preserved. In addition, the finding that phonological cueing was effective with preservation of the ability to point to photos corresponding to their names suggested that the lexicon of proper names was preserved in this patient. Thus, the output lexicon appeared to be partially disconnected from semantic knowledge. This rare and limited lesion suggested that the superior temporal gyrus plays an important role in connecting semantic knowledge and the output lexicon. Key words: proper name anomia, left superior temporal gyrus, left temporal lobe, subcortical hemorrhage INTRODUCTION 1997). The second most common site is the anterior