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Stroke Pathology and Clinical Assessment Flashcards

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Stroke

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Neurological deficit of sudden onset and vascular origin that lasts more than 24 hours

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2
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Transient ischaemic attack

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Same as stroke but lasts less than 24 hours

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3
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Stroke symptoms include loss of

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Power, sensation, speech, vision, coordination

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Neurological history/examination findings

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Motor and sensory weakness
Dysarthria/dysphasia 
Neglect/visuospatial problems
Vision loss in one eye or hemianopia
Gaze palsy
Ataxia/vertigo/incoordination/nystagmus
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Causes of stroke

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Thrombus/embolism causing blockage of a blood vessel
Haemorrhage from rupture of blood vessel
Disease of vessel wall
Disturbance of normal properties of blood

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What brain arteries make up the Circle of Willis

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Posterior, middle and anterior cerebral arteries
Internal carotid artery
Posterior and anterior communicating arteries

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Anterior cerebral artery supplies

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Front of brain

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Posterior cerebral artery supplies

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Back of brain

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9
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The carotid system supplies

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Most of the hemispheres and cortical deep white matter

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The vertebro-basilar system supples

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Brain stem, cerebellum and occipital lobes

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Carotid system contains which arteries

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Internal carotid, common carotid, anterior and middle cerebral

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Vertebro-basilar system contain which artieres

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Posterior cerebral. basilar, vertebral, cerebellar

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Lobes of the brain

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Temporal, frontal, parietal, occipital

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Brain stem function

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Swallowing, breathing, heartbeat, wakefulness centre, other involuntary functions

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Cerebellum function

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Coordination

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Anterior brain functions

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Speech, smell, judgement, foresight, voluntary movement

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Middle brain functions

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Movement, intellectual and emotional functions, pain, heat and other sensations, hearing

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Posterior brain functions

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Comprehension of language, visual, speech comprehension

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19
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Why will small stroke in internal capsule or brain stem result in a major deficit

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Fibres packed closely together

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20
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What percentage of stroke are caused by haemorrhage

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15%

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21
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What percentage of stroke are caused by infarction

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Commonest cause of cardioembolic stroke

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Atrial fibrillation

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Lacunar stroke

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Stroke in small vessels of brain - deep white matter

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Lacunar stoke is caused by

25
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Conditions that can lead to lacunar stroke

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Hypertension

Diabetes

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Rarer cause of stroke

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Carotid dissection

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Carotid dissection can be caused by

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Idiopathic

Trauma

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Locked-in syndrome

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Patient is aware but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in body apart from vertical eye movement and blinking

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Ischaemic stroke causes

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Large artery atherosclerosis
Cardioembolic
Small artery occlusion
Undetermined/cryptogenic
Atrial dissection
Venous sinus thrombosis
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Haemorrhagic stroke causes

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Primary intracerebral haemorrhage

Secondary haemorrhage - subarachnoid or arteriovenous malformation

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Cortical stroke

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Stroke involving the cortex

32
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Advantages of localisation of stroke

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Confrims diagnosis
Selection of imaging
Indicates cause and prognosis

33
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Most common imaging method for stroke

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TACS

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Total anterior circulation stroke

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PACS

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Partial anterior circulation stroke

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LACS

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Lacunar stroke

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POCS

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Posterior circulation stroke

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Usual visual defect in stroke

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Homonymous hemianopia

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TACS makes up what percentage of strokes

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Cause of TACS

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Occlusion of proximal middle cerebral artery or internal carotid artery

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Symptoms of TACS

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Weakness
Sensory deficit
Homonymous hemianopia
Higher cerebral dysfunction - dysphasia/dyspraxia

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PACS makes up what percentage of strokes

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PACS affects

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One side of the brain

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Symptoms of PACS

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Partial motor and sensory deficit in one side, 2/3 body areas
Higher cerebral dysfunction - dysphasia, visuospatial disturbances
Homonymous hemianopia

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LACS makes up what percentage of strokes

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Different types of LACS

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Pure motor
Pure sensory
Sensorimotor

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Pure motor LACS

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Complete or incomplete weakness of 1 side, 2/3 body areas

48
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LACS are under diagnosed because

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They are often silent

49
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POCS makes up what percentage of strokes

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POCS affect

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Brainstem, cerebella or occipital lobes

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POCS symptoms

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Bilateral motor/sensory deficit
Disordered conjugate eye movement
Coma
Vertigo
Disordered breathing
Homonymous hemianopia
Nerve palsy
Tinnitus
Horner's syndrome
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Risk factors for stroke

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Hypertension
Atrial fibrillation 
Age
Race
Family history

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