Strokes Flashcards
1
Q
intracerebral, deep structures
A
Charcot-Bouchard
2
Q
gradual onset
A
subdural
3
Q
blood in cisterns
A
subarachnoid
4
Q
bridging vein
A
subdural
5
Q
big ischemic infarct of cortex
A
cardiac embolism + atherosclerosis
6
Q
laterial striate arteries (BG, internal capsule)
A
Charcot-Bouchard
7
Q
A + P communicating arteries
A
subarachnoid
8
Q
intra cerebral (lobar, cortical) in elderly (occipital, parietal)
A
cerebral amyloid
9
Q
global interruption of blood supply
cardiogenic shock, coma
A
hypoxic encephalopathy
10
Q
lucid interval, then LOC
A
epidural
11
Q
intraparenchymal (3)
A
1) HTN
2) amyloid
3) Charcot Bouchard (BG, thalamus, pons, cerebellum)
12
Q
watershed infarcts
A
hypoxic encephalopathy
13
Q
crescent
A
subdural
14
Q
progressive with headache and nausea with nonlocalizing symptoms (confusion)
A
HTN encephalopathy
15
Q
MMA
A
epidural
