17 Cerebral and Lacunar Strokes
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Types of stroke
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- majority ischemic, slow onset
- thrombosis: block in brain
- embolism: heart emboli
- hypoperfusion: cardiogenic shock
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CNS Blood supply
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- blue: PCA
- green: ACA
- Pink: MCA
- purple: anterior choroidal from internal carotid/MCA, posterior limb of internal capsule
MCA
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/9C4DDDAA-6CB7-4995-8872-729E0DE6AB72.jpg)
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- arm affected more than leg, face also affected
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- upper portion has dual innervation from both sides of cortex
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ACA
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/00FBE1DA-6C49-4D4D-8AE7-C8C73F39992E.jpg)
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PCA
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![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/29886421-D09C-4216-8E68-70DFBB221049.jpg)
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- left visual fields of both eyes cross and processed by right posterior lobe
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- deep branches of PCA supply thalamus
Hypoxic Encephalopathy
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/33134AB7-A7B3-43AC-8E49-6246EB76D7F3.jpg)
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Watershed Area
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- can move hands/feet but not thighs/shoulders
Lacunar Stroke
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/4DB38EC0-91B9-40AD-8F70-AEB506D5D5A3.jpg)
Locations
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- internal capsule: hemiparesis
- thalamus: sensory loss to one side of body
- most commonly lenticulostriate arteries from MCA (red): IC and basal ganglia
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/5734380B-94A8-4F38-8257-DAA688DCA612.jpg)
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- microatheroma: mo in vessel walls and build up of plaques
Symptoms
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- last 2 types rare
- ataxic hemiparesis: ataxia much more than weakness. Dysarthria from cerebellar problem
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/D33D2EA0-F7FA-4C3C-AD04-3E9865982D11.jpg)
Case
![](https://photos.thisispiggy.com/file/wikiFiles/5D276CAA-19A7-483C-BADE-3CDCBE0A6553.jpg)
- most likely motor or sensory
- important: maybe negative initial CT
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