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Broca's area is located in the left hemisphere, hence a stroke in this area would cause right-sided weakness. Furthermore, Broca's area is associated with speech production which explains this patient's inability to form words and sentences after his stroke.
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The left frontal lobe, specifically Broca's area
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Whilst a stroke in Wernicke's area would cause right-sided weakness, Wernicke's area is associated with comprehension of speech, rather than formation of speech.
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The temporal lobe, specifically Wernicke's area
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A stroke in the left parietal lobe is more likely to cause contralateral neglect as well as a lack of awareness on the right side.
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The left parietal lobe
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A stroke in the cerebellum is more likely to cause non-specific symptoms such as headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.
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The cerebellum
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A stroke in the occipital lobe is more likely to cause visual disturbances, blindness or defects in the interpretation of visual information e.g. prosopagnosia ('face blindness').
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The occipital lobe
Concept
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Ischaemic Stroke
Topic
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Neurology
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A 60-year-old patient is brought to the emergency department after experiencing sudden onset weakness on the right side of his body and difficulty forming words and sentences. He is suspected of having had a stroke.

Based on the patient's symptoms, which region of the brain is most likely affected?
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