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CVA deficits/region
Stroke deficits by region of lesion
Question | Answer |
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Contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory loss involving primarily LE | ACA Medial motor and sensory homonculi |
Urinary incontinence | ACA posteromedial aspect of superior frontal gyrus |
Problems with imitation and bimanual apraxia | ACA Corpus callosum |
Contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory loss involving primarily UE | MCA Lateral motor and sensory homonculi |
Broca's (speech producung) aphasia | MCA frontal lobe of dominant hemisphere |
Wernikes (receptive) aphasia | MCA Temporal lobe of dominant hemisphere. |
Global aphasia | MCA Frontal and temporal lobes of dominant hemisphere |
Perceptial deficits: hemineglect, spatial relations depth perception... | MCA Parietal lobe of non dominant hemisphere |
Contralateral Homonymous hemianopsia | MCA optic radiation in the internal capsule --OR-- PCA primary visual cortex or optic radiation. |
Bilateral homonymous Hemianopsia | PCA Primary visual Calcarine cortex |
Visual agnosia | PCA left occipital |
Prosopagnosia | PCA visual association cortex |
Central post stroke pain | PCA VPL of thalamus |
Oculomotor nerve palsy | PCA CN3 |
Paralysis and atrophy of half the tongue, deviation to the paralysed side. | Vertebrobasilar CNXII |
Impaired proprioceptive response. | Vertebrobasilar Medial lemniscus |
Decreased pain and sensation to face. | Vertebrobasilar Bulbar Tract to CN5 |
Cerebellar ataxia: gait and limbs ataxia. | Vertebrobasilar Cerebellum of cerebellar peduncles |
Vertigo, nausia, nystagmus | Vertebrobasilar Vestibular nuclei |
Dysphagia, dysphonia, paralysis of pharynx and larynx. | Vertebrobasilar CN 9 or 10 |
locked in syndrome | Vertebrobasilar basilar artery at ventral pons |
Diploplia or lateral gaze | Vertebrobasilar CN6 |
facial paralysis | Vertebrobasilar CN7 |
Deafness or tinnitus | Vertebrobasilar CN8 |
Impaired pain and thermal sense | Vertebrobasilar Spinothalamic tract |
Horners syndrome | Vertebrobasilar Sescending sympathetic fibres |