Vascular/NCC Flashcards
Anterior choroidal -
off ICA branch - posterior limb internal capsule and caudate TAIL
(anterior limb internal capsule=recurrent A Heubner)
Homonymous hemianopsia - LGN in thalamus
(Like MCA but normal speech)
(posterior choroidal A off PCA)
carotid anatomy
Atherosclerosis =no increase risk carotid dissection
-C4: CC to ECA, ICA
CARASIL
cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy - HTRA1 mutation on 10q26.13; lacunar ischemia (hemorrhage)
-like CADASIL plus premature alopecia, back pain, spondylosis
-NO MIGRAINE vs CADASIL
CADASIL
Missense mutation in gene NOTCH3 on chromosome 19q13.1
granular osmiophilic material in basal laminal cutaneous arrterioles and CNS arteries
-p/w migraine with aura, stroke, dementia, FHx stroke, dementia
-Dx: genetic testing or skin biopsy
MRI: anterior temporal lobes
(other genetic stroke disorders)
Fabry - alpha galactosidase , build up ceramide trihexoside
-sm fiber neuropathy hands + feet, worse with heat
-strokes dolieoctasia
COL4A1-laucnar ischemia or hemorrhage; extensive white matter involved; also with aneurysms, CKD, muscle cramps
Deficiency of ADA2-associated polyarteritis nodosa vasculopathy-ADA2 on 22q11.1-HSM, recurrent fevers, small vessel vasculitis
Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy (RCVL)-TREX1-ischemic strokes - visual loss, retinal microangiopathy, kidney/liver disease
MELAS
mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke like episodes
-transfer RNA gene (mt)
Familial moyamoya
-nonathero intracranial stenosis in ICAs
- puff of smoke angio with useless collaterals;
-histo: intimal thickening of fibrous tissue, no inflammatory cells/atheromas
SPARES white matter vs. other genetic stroke disordres
(AD or AR-ACTA2, MTCP1, RNF213 genes)
cerebrovascular fibromuscular dysplasia
alternating beading of intracranial vessels due to skip areas of stenosis
ACA
A1 segment/Acomm occlusion (if normal circle of Willis)= no deficits, b/c proximal to Acomm which communicates with BL ACAs
distal to Acomm-leg weak, urinary incontinence, medial micturition-paracentral lobule, paratonic rigidity, +/- eye deiviation to lesion
Recurrent artery Heubner-ACA branch
Head caudate-inferior
Ant limb internal capsule
anterior globus pallidus
Nuc accumbens, basal Nuc Meynert
-ACA most common site for aneurysm
ABCD2 score
Age 60, DM, BP>140/90
Duration: 1 pt if 10-59 min, 2 pts if >60 min
HLD not included
brainstem localization/respiratory patterns
top of basilar - midbrain, thalamus, temp, occipital - impaired consciousness, pupil abnormalities
Locked in - basilar occlusion-base of Pons-no horizontal movements, quadriplegia, preserved consciousness
-apneustic breathing-respiratory pause at inspiration + expiration (lateral tegmentum) - pons has a pause
Medulla: ataxic breathing -irregular -upper medulla
BL hemisphere/diencephlon: cheyne-stokes -intact brainstem -cycle hyperpnea + apnea
AICA
lateral pons, inner ear (labyrinthine A branch), middle cerebellar peduncle-anterior inferior cerebellum
ipsilateral hearing loss vs PICA
CVST
seizures-40%
HA-90%
-middle ear infection, mastoiditis-transverse sinus thrombosis
Deep veins: internal cerebral, thalamostriate/septal, basal vein Rosenthal->** vein of Galen +inferior saggital sinus->straight sinus**
-infarct straight sinus - thalamic infarcts
superior saggital sinus (parasaggital cortex)->confluence of sinuses->meets straight sinus (drains Galen)->transverse sinus (cavernous/superior petrosal)->sigmoid sinus-> internal jugular vein
ophthalmic vein ->cavernous sinus
->superior petrosal->transverse sinus
cavernous sinus->inferior petrosal
->sigmoid sinus/jugular bulb
scalps veins->emissary veins->dural venous sinus
anastomoses along Sylvian fissues
superior anastomotic vein of Trolard-sylvian V to superior saggital
-**inferior anastomotic vein of Labbe **-temporal lobe->sylvian V to transverse sinus
PICA
Wallenberg- PICA-off vert
-ipsilat: face sense-CN V
-vestibular nuclei CN VIII-nystagmus, vertigo
-STT-pain/temp contralateral body
sympathetics - Horner’s
-nuc tractus solitarius-loss taste
inferior cerebellum-lateralpulsion, ataxia
vert dissection
C1-C2
-vert runs through transverse foramina at C5-C6 + C2
Dx: MRA TOF-flow at dissection
MRI fat suppression-eval vessel wall-nonocclusive dissection
gold standard-angio-but no info about vessel wall
-dont need TTE b/c thrombus from dissection
Tx: AP or AC, endovascular open vessel
amarousis fugax
most common - retinal A from ophthalmic A from ICA
artery of Percheron
Varient where supplies medial thalamus bilaterally
-off P1 of PCA
MCA
lenticulostriate branches - putamen, GPe/GPi, caudate head/body (caudate tail=anterior choroidal off ICA)
-no supply to thalamus
superficial brances: frontal, parietal, temporal lobe, * insula*
LCA lenticulostriate/MCA watershed
strip down corona radiata - internal watershed
homonymous hemianopsia b/c hit optic radiations
Thalamus supply
tuberothalamic A- Pcomm- anterior-(ventral anterior nuc) (Tubero Top)
paramedian / thalamoperforating A- P1 - medial (dorsomedial nuc)
thalamogeniculate - P2 - lateral (ventral lateral nuc)
posterior choroidal- P2 - posterior-pulvinar nuc