====== Temporal lobe tumor clinical features ======

[[Temporal lobe tumor]]s may cause: difficulty speaking and understanding [[language]]; short-term and long-term [[memory]] problems; increased aggressive [[behavior]].

Several possible mechanisms for [[epileptogenesis]] by temporal lobe tumors have been proposed, including [[gliosis]], [[mass effect]] on surrounding cortex, changes in cellular morphology, and others.

Unilateral temporal lesion
Contralateral homonymous upper quadrantanopia (sector anopsia)
Complex hallucinations (smell, sound, vision, memory)
Dominant hemisphere
Receptive aphasia
Wernicke's aphasia
Anomic aphasia
Dyslexia
Impaired verbal memory
Word agnosia, word deafness
Non-dominant hemisphere
Impaired non-verbal memory
Impaired musical skills
Bitemporal lesions (additional features)
Deafness
Apathy (affective indifference)
Impaired learning and memory
Amnesia, Korsakoff syndrome, Klüver–Bucy syndrome