strokes etc Flashcards

1
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full body hemiparesis

A

contralateral cerebral motor cortex (widespread stroke)

contralateral corona radiata, internal capsule or pons (eg stroke)

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limb hemiparesis

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contralateral cerebral motor cortex (eg streoke)
contralateral corona radiata, internal capsule or pons (eg stroke)
ipsilateral spinal lateral motor tract (eg cervical disc prolapse)

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isolated arm OR leg weakness

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localised cerebral stroke contralaterally
contralateral corona radiata, internal capsule or pons (eg stroke)
ipsilateral nerve root (eg osteophyte)
ipsilateral nerve plexus ( eg trauma to brachial plexus)
ispilateral peripheral nerve per se (eg angiogram sheath injury to femoral nerve)

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parapareis

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bilateral cerebral motor cortex (eg aprasagittal meningioma)
bilateral motor spilan tracts (cod compression)
cauda equina (ex lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse)
bilateral lumbosacral plexus (eg GBS)

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5
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tetraplegia

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bilateral motor tracts of cervical spinal sord (trauma at C5)
peripheral nerves (demyelinating disease eg GBS)
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proximal muscle weakness

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neuromuscular junction (eg MG, Eaton-Lamber syndrome)
Muscle (polymuositis, dermatomyositis) or due to other cuases eg drugs
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several episodes separated in time and space

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classicaly MS

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