Stroke sxs / CNS neoplasm sxs. Flashcards
Internal carotid ?
CL hand and arm weakness and sensory loss
IPL visual sxs. - amaurosis fugax
Carotid Bruit
Aphagia
Vertebrobasilar ?
Ataxia
Vertigo
Diplopia
Dysarthria
CN Palsies
LE weakness
Blurred vision
Perioral numbness
Anterior Cerebral Artery ?
CL leg weakness
Memory loss
confusion
CL grasp reflex ( frontal lobe neoplasm)
paratonic rigidity
Abulia
Middle cerebral Artery ?
CL arm and face weakness
Dysarthria
Aphagia
Homonymous Hemianopsia
eye deviate toward side of lesion ( lateral gaze)
Posterior Cerebral Artery ?
Hemisensory loss
Hemiplegia
Homonymous Hemianopsia
Frontal Lobe Neoplasm sxs. ?
Intellectual decline
personality changes ( encephalitis)
CL grasp reflex ( anterior cerebral)
expressive aphagia - no proper grammar
Temporal Lobe Neoplasm sxs. ?
Seizures
olfactory and gustatory hallucinations
auditory hallucinations
smacking lips ( targeted dyskinesia)
Visual field deficits
depersonalization
Parietal Lobe Neoplasm sxs. ?
CL disturbances of sensation
Seizures
Inattention (delirium)
Occipital Lobe Neoplasm sxs. ?
Homonymous Hemianopia
visual agnosia for objects and colors
visual hallucinations
Brainstem and Cerebral Neoplasm sxs. ?
CN palsies
Ataxia
incoordination
Nystagmus ( charcots triad for MS along with tremor and scanning speech)
Pyramidal and sensory deficits in limbs
Spinal cord Lobe Neoplasm sxs. ?
Insidious
Pain
spinal tenderness
Spinal Cord neoplasm sxs: Pain description ?
local on spine or extremity
worse with coughing or straining ( Valsalva)
Extremity will have motor deficits, parenthesis, numbness , all greater in LE