Anatomic Localization in Stroke | |||
| Signs and Symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebral Hemisphere, Lateral Aspect (Middle Cerebral A.) | |||
| Hemiparesis | |||
| Hemisensory deficit | |||
| Motor aphasia (Broca's)-hesitant speech with word-finding difficulty and preserved comprehension | |||
| Sensory aphasia (Wernicke's)-anomia, poor comprehension, jargon speech | |||
| Unilateral neglect, apraxias | |||
| Homonymous hemianopia or quadrantanopia | |||
| Gaze preference with eyes deviated toward side of lesion | |||
| Cerebral Hemisphere, Medial Aspect (Anterior Cerebral A.) | |||
| Paralysis of foot and leg with or without paresis of arm | |||
| Cortical sensory loss over leg | |||
| Grasp and sucking reflexes | |||
| Urinary incontinence | |||
| Gait apraxia | |||
| Cerebral Hemisphere, Posterior Aspect (Posterior Cerebral A.) | |||
| Homonymous hemianopia | |||
| Cortical blindness | |||
| Memory deficit | |||
| Dense sensory loss, spontaneous pain, dysesthesias, choreoathetosis | |||
| Brainstem, Midbrain (Posterior Cerebral A.) | |||
| Third nerve palsy and contralateral hemiplegia | |||
| Paralysis/paresis of vertical eye movement | |||
| Convergence nystagmus, disorientation | |||
| Brainstem, Pontomedullary Junction (Basilar A.) | |||
| Facial paralysis | |||
| Paresis of abduction of eye | |||
| Paresis of conjugate gaze | |||
| Hemifacial sensory deficit | |||
| Horner's syndrome | |||
| Diminished pain and thermal sense over half body (with or without face) | |||
| Ataxia | |||
| Brainstem, Lateral Medulla (Vertebral A.) | |||
| Vertigo, nystagmus | |||
| Horner's syndrome (miosis, ptosis, decreased sweating) | |||
| Ataxia, falling toward side of lesion | |||
| Impaired pain and thermal sense over half body with or without face | |||