Neurological Disorders

Question 1

MCA stroke

Answer 1

Supplies blood to parts of frontal, temporal, parietal lobes, and basal ganglia

Contralateral hemiplegia and hemiparesis (face, arm)

Contralateral visual field loss in both eyes

If dominant hemisphere = aphasia

If nondominant hemisphere = contralateral neglect, anosagnosia/denial of deficit

Question 2

ACA stroke

Answer 2

Supplies areas of frontal and parietal lobes, corpus callosum, caudate nucleus

Contralateral hemiplegia (leg)

Impaired judgment/insight (anosagnosia)

Personality change

Incontinence

Question 3

PCA stroke

Answer 3

Supplies blood to thalamus, temporal lobe, occipital lobe

Cortical blindness

Visual agnosia/visual deficits

Language impairment

Memory loss