Clinical manifestations of a stroke within the right cerebral hemisphere include
A) cortical blindness.
B) right visual field blindness.
C) expressive and receptive aphasia.
D) left-sided muscle weakness and neglect.

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Manifestations of ischemic stroke are related to the cerebral vasculature involved and the area of brain tissue the vessel supplies.Contralateral hemiplegia is a usual finding.Contralateral hemiplegia,hemisensory loss,and contralateral visual field blindness are usual manifestations of stroke.Left visual blindness would be more indicative of a stroke affecting the right cerebral hemisphere.Aphasia is an integrative language disorder that occurs with brain damage to the dominant cerebral hemisphere (usually left)and involves all language modalities.

Clinical Manifestations of a Stroke Within the Right Cerebral Hemisphere