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What happens when you have a stroke of the Main stem of the Middle cerebral artery on the right side? It is also given that the person is a left dominant one.

  #2

1)Spastic paralysis of contralateral lower face & Upper limb.

2)Aphasia

3)Sensory loss over contralateral face & upper limb.

4)Contralateral superior Quidrantanopsia

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  #3

Did you mean Aphasia. On the non dominant side!!

Try again!


  #4

in addition to all the motor and sensory deficits on tyhe cotralateral side there will be dysprosody, constructional apraxia and also depending on the extent of the lesion contralateral neglect syndrome!

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  #5

Of course, extent of the lesion is very large, because it is a stroke of the main stem, You are right ssrpk, in addition there would some basal ganglia signs because of the lenticulostriate arteries.







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