Stroke
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AStroke stroke is a clinical diagnosis that refers to a sudden onset focal neurological deficit of presumed vascular origin.
It is divided into two broad categories:
- ischaemic stroke (80% 2)
- haemorrhagic stroke (15%)
Haemorrhage may be primary (usually as a result of hypertension or cerebral amyloid angiopathy) or secondary (the result of an underlying lesion such as a vascular malformation or tumour).
Terminology
The term "stroke" is ambiguous and care must be taken to ensure that precise terminology is used. This is particularly the case for "haemorrhagic stroke" which can easily be confused for "haemorrhagic transformation of an ischaemic stroke". In fact, an argument can be made to abandon the term "haemorrhagic stroke" entirely 3.
-<p><strong>Stroke</strong> is a clinical diagnosis that refers to a sudden onset focal neurological deficit of presumed vascular origin.</p><p>It is divided into two broad categories:</p><ol>- +<p>A<strong> stroke</strong> is a clinical diagnosis that refers to a sudden onset focal neurological deficit of presumed vascular origin.</p><p>It is divided into two broad categories:</p><ol>
-</ol><p>Haemorrhage may be primary (usually as a result of hypertension or cerebral amyloid angiopathy) or secondary (the result of an underlying lesion such as a vascular malformation or tumour). </p><h4>Terminology</h4><p>The term "stroke" ambiguous and care must be taken to ensure that precise terminology is used. This is particularly the case for "haemorrhagic stroke" which can easily be confused for "haemorrhagic transformation of an ischaemic stroke". In fact, an argument can be made to abandon the term "haemorrhagic stroke" entirely <sup>3</sup>. </p>- +</ol><p>Haemorrhage may be primary (usually as a result of <a title="Hypertension" href="/articles/hypertension">hypertension</a> or <a title="Cerebral amyloid angiopathy" href="/articles/cerebral-amyloid-angiopathy-1">cerebral amyloid angiopathy</a>) or secondary (the result of an underlying lesion such as a <a title="Cerebral vascular malformations" href="/articles/cerebral-vascular-malformations">vascular malformation</a> or <a title="Brain tumours" href="/articles/brain-tumours">tumour</a>). </p><h4>Terminology</h4><p>The term "stroke" is ambiguous and care must be taken to ensure that precise terminology is used. This is particularly the case for "haemorrhagic stroke" which can easily be confused for "haemorrhagic transformation of an ischaemic stroke". In fact, an argument can be made to abandon the term "haemorrhagic stroke" entirely <sup>3</sup>. </p>