Which aphasia is described as fluent speech with sparing of repetition and features similar to transcortical patterns?

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Fluent speech with repetition spared points to a transcortical aphasia, specifically the transcortical sensory type. In this pattern, language output remains fluent, but comprehension is impaired, and the ability to repeat is preserved because the arcuate fasciculus connecting language areas is spared. This combination—fluency with preserved repetition and impaired understanding—fits transcortical sensory aphasia rather than the other patterns. The alternatives don’t match: transcortical motor is nonfluent, global is severely impaired across the board, and mixed transcortical is nonfluent with preserved repetition but with broader deficits in comprehension.