Items tagged “stroke”

135 results found
Case

Internal carotid artery occlusion with embolic infarcts

  Diagnosis almost certain
Paresh K Desai
Published 25 Oct 2010
69% complete
MRI DSA (angiography)
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Vertebral artery occlusion - hemorrhagic infarct

  Diagnosis almost certain
Paresh K Desai
Published 25 Oct 2010
65% complete
MRI
Article

Lateral medullary syndrome

Lateral medullary syndrome, also known as Wallenberg syndrome, is a clinical syndrome caused by acute ischemia or infarction of the lateral medulla oblongata due to occlusion of the intracranial portion of the vertebral artery, PICA or its branches 1-3.  Epidemiology 20% of ischemic strokes oc...
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Left MCA infarction - hyperdense MCA sign

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 11 Mar 2011
77% complete
CT MRI
Article

Pontine hemorrhage

Pontine hemorrhages are a common form of intracerebral hemorrhage, and usually are a result of poorly controlled long-standing hypertension, although also have other causes. When due to chronic hypertension, the stigmata of chronic hypertensive encephalopathy are often present (see cerebral micr...
Article

Cerebellar hemorrhage

Cerebellar hemorrhages are a common form of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and usually occur due to poorly controlled long-standing hypertension, although other causes also exist. When due to chronic hypertension, the stigmata of chronic hypertensive encephalopathy are often present (see: cerebr...
Article

Ischemic stroke

Ischemic stroke is an episode of neurological dysfunction due to focal infarction in the central nervous system attributed to arterial thrombosis, embolization, or critical hypoperfusion. While ischemic stroke is formally defined to include brain, spinal cord, and retinal infarcts 1, in common u...
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Pontine infarct

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 23 Apr 2011
84% complete
CT
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Internal carotid artery dissection

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 29 Apr 2011
88% complete
CT MRI
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Lacunar thalamic infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Roberto Schubert
Published 24 Jun 2011
83% complete
MRI
Case

Pontine infarction

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 14 Jul 2011
77% complete
CT MRI
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Basilar artery thrombosis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Sajoscha A. Sorrentino
Published 28 Aug 2011
56% complete
CT
Case

Acute MCA vascular territory stroke

  Diagnosis certain
Bruno Di Muzio
Published 22 Sep 2011
92% complete
MRI CT
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Acute cerebral infarct with hyperdense MCA sign

  Diagnosis certain
Mohammed Alghamdi
Published 20 Mar 2012
89% complete
CT
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Hyperdense middle cerebral artery - MRI equivalent

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 17 Jul 2012
80% complete
CT MRI
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Basal ganglia hemorrhage with intraventricular extenstion

  Diagnosis certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 16 Aug 2012
83% complete
CT
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PICA infarct

  Diagnosis certain
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 17 Aug 2012
65% complete
CT
Article

Cerebellar infarction

Cerebellar infarction is a relatively uncommon subtype of ischemic stroke. It may involve any of the three arteries supplying the cerebellum: superior cerebellar artery (SCA): superior cerebellar arterial infarct anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA): anterior inferior cerebellar ar...
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Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) infarct

Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) occlusion may cause infarction of any part of the vascular territory of the PICA, namely the posterior inferior cerebellum, inferior cerebellar vermis, and lateral medulla. Epidemiology Typically considered the most common territory involved in cereb...
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Hyperdense MCA sign

  Diagnosis certain
Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Published 11 Dec 2012
80% complete
CT

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