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Right anterior cerebral artery.
(See figs. 7, 8) |
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Right middle cerebral artery
(See figs 7, 8) |
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
See fig. 18A
Distal extremities commonly affected first |
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Peripheral neuropathy
(See question 3-5B) |
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Tertiary syphilis (tabes dorsalis)
Upper extremities less commonly affected
(See fig 18B) |
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Hemisection of spinal cord
(Brown-Sequard Syndrome) on left @ T11
(See fig 15 & question 3-1) |
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Radicular pain, cervical roots C5-C6 |
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Syringomyelia C5-T2
(See fig 18F & question 3-3)
Cervical levels are most commonly affected, often with atrophy of the small muscles of the hand |
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Total transection fo spinal cord, T11. The deficit could also result from a midline tumor at the level of the central sulcus, but the deficit in the latter would probably be less dense than that following a spinal cord transection. |
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Pernicious anemia.
Commonly also presents with numbness and tingling of distal portion of all extremities secondary to peripheral nerve involvement.
(See fig 18C) |
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Guillian-Barre syndrome.
Commonly ascends to upper extremities and face after affecting lower extremities.
(See fig 18E) |
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Median nerve compromise.
When injury is at level of wrist (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome), wrist flexion is unaffected. |
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Cauda equina lesion, S2-S4. |
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Lesion of left medulla
(See question 5-3B) |
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Syndrome of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery.
(See question 5-3C).
May also cause contralateral loss of facial pain-temp, if trigeminal lemniscus involved.
(See fig 27) |
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Lesion fo the right caudal pons
(See question 5-3F) |
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Common peroneal nerve injury |
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Multiple sclerosis
(no single lesion possible) |
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Lesion of right pons
(See question 5-3H) |
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Lesion of left midbrain
(See question 5-3I) |
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Lesion of left midbrain
(See question 5-3J) |
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