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Cerebral infarction

a. horners syndrome with increased sweating
b. papilloedema with optic neuritis
c. pain and sensation loss on the same side of the body
d. quadriplegia with anterior or middle cerebral artery infarct
e. unilateral blindness with anterior circulation

  #2

c.
parietal infarct with sensory loss or neglect

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  #3

Answer: c

  #4

is it C?

  #5

it's d. the sensory loss happen contralaterally

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Oh yeah! I cant believe I missed that!
Quadriplegia occurs in spinal cord lesions

Horner's syndrome or cerbral origin causes decreased sweating on the contralateral face and chest

homonomous hemianopias or quadranopias are the result of cerebral lesions

whats the answer??

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Please post the correct answers from your querries.Thanks

  #8

d or e :?

D :?:

  #9

The anterior circulation of the brain describes the areas of the brain supplied by the right and left internal carotid arteries and their branches.
Patients typically present with sudden onset of focal neurological symptoms. Specific features of the time course and evolution, focal neurological symptoms, and global symptoms are listed below.

Time course and evolution
Sudden or rapid onset
Reaches maximal intensity within 24 hours
Gradual or stepwise worsening in as many as 30% of patients
Focal neurological symptomsCognitive impairment - Difficulty with speech
Weakness or incoordination - Unilateral
Numbness or loss of sensation, typically unilateral
Dysarthria
Visual loss, either in one eye or in one visual field
Global symptoms
Headache
Altered mental status
Syncope
Seizure
Coma

  #10

quadriplegia is usually seen with brain stem infarctions









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