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CVA: sudden onset, rapidly progressing, lasts >24h; permanent damage
TIA: sudden onset, rapidly progressing, lasts <24h; symptoms resolve |
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| most common cause of infarction |
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| most common cause of stroke |
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| most common cause of intraparenchymal hemorrhage |
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| most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage |
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| most common location for ruptured and non-ruptured aneurysms |
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| ruptured - ACA; non-ruptured - MCA |
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| cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy |
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| CAA stands for __ and is a cause of __ hemorrhage |
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| cerebral amyloid angiopathy; intraparenchymal hemorrhage |
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| contralateral hemiplegia is caused by an infarction of the [MCA/ACA/PCA] |
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| distal contralateral leg weakness and sensory loss is caused by an infarction of the [MCA/ACA/PCA] |
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| contralateral homonymous hemianopsia is caused by an infarction in the [MCA/ACA/PCA] |
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| Gerstman syndrome is caused by an infarction in the... |
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| agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia, right to left confusion |
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| occlusion of vertebral a. causes... |
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| damage of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve affects... |
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| ipsilateral pain and temp sensation on face and corneal reflex |
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| damage of anterolateral spinothalamic tract affects... |
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Definition
| contralateral pain and temp sensation of limbs and trunk |
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| ipsilateral paralysis of soft palate, pharynx and larynx is caused by... |
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| lesion in nucleus ambiguus |
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| gross and histological changes in infarction at 24h, 3d, 1wk, 2wk, and months |
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Definition
1-2d: pallor, red neurons
3-4d: maximal edema, risk of herniation, macrophages; cracking
5-7d: macrophages, astrocytosis, cysts; crumbling
>2 wk: liquefaction, macrophages
months: cysts, astrocytosis, macrophages; intact subpial rim |
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| TPA, ASA within 3h; stent in 3-12h |
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| sources of embolic infarction |
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| mural thrombus/valves, carotid plaque, aorta |
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| lacunar infarcts usually occur with __ hemorrhages |
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| lipohyalaniosis, hyalin sclerosis, fibrinoid necrosis, microemboli, microatherosclerosis |
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| medium size vessel; subcortical arteriosclerotic leukoencephalopathy; hypoperfusion of periventricular white matter |
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| HTN hemorrhage usually affects what parts of the brain? |
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| basal ganglia, thalamus, pons, cerebellum |
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| elderly pt with lobar hemorrhage and amyloid deposition |
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AVM does not rupture -->
AVM ruptures --> |
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| no rupture -> epilepsy; rupture -> hemorrhage |
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| which tumor has highest risk of causing hemorrhage? |
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| what tumor most commonly causes hemorrhage? |
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| saccular aneurysm age range |
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| headache + meningeal signs; ddx? |
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| subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningitis with mass lesion |
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| risk factors for aneurysm formation |
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Definition
| HTN, hypoplasia, ADPKD, collagen diseases, connective tissue diseases, AVM, elevated CAs |
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| histologically, aneurysm is made up of... |
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Definition
| adventitia and intima only |
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| effects of global ischemic encephalopathy |
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Definition
| respiratory brain, laminar cortical necrosis (3, 5, 6), "no flow" phenomenon, red neurons |
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