CEREBROVASCULAR SYNDROMES

Question 1

Syndrome of?

Loss of initiative and spontaneity
Profound apathy
Memory and emotional disturbances
Akinetic mutism (complete unresponsiveness with open eyes only)
Disturbance in gait and posture
Grasp reflex
Disorder of sphincter control

Answer 1

BILATERAL ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY SYNDROME

Question 2

Involvement of the ____________may cause apraxia and tactile anomia of the left arm attributed to disconnection of the left (dominant) hemisphere language area from the right motor and sensory cortices.

Answer 2

anterior part of the corpus callosum

Question 3

Contralateral face and arm weakness without sensory loss.

Behavioral and cognitive abnormalities, including abulia, agitation, neglect, and aphasia

Answer 3

Recurrent Artery of Heubner Syndrome

Question 4

Contralateral motor deficit (hemiplegia) involving the face, arm, and leg due to involvement of the posterior part of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the cerebral peduncle.

(hemianesthesia) due to involvement of the sensory tracts within the posterior limb of the internal capsule.

Contralateral visual field defect (hemianopia or quadrant-anopia) due to involvement of the retrolenticular part of the internal capsule (visual radiation) or the lateral geniculate nucleus

Answer 4

Anterior Choroidal Artery Syndrome

Question 5

Cortical blindness,

(prosopagnosia)

Balint syndrome (optic ataxia, psychic paralysis of fixation)

Anton’s syndrome,

Agitated delirium and memory loss due to bilateral involvement of mesiotemporal territory

Answer 5

BILATERAL POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY SYNDROME