Cerebrovascular Diseases — Flashcards

First symptom of Moyamoya disease is a _____ or recurrent TIA

_____ aneurysms located in the lenticulostriate vessels of the basal ganglia are commonly associated with hypertension

Hint: name

Do the stroke-like episodes of MELAS respect vascular territories?_____

A putamen hemorrhage (ex. rupture of Charcot-Bouchard microaneurysms) manifests with: - _____ hemiparesis (damage to internal capsule) - Contralateral hemisensory loss (damage to thalamus) - Gaze deviation towards side of bleed (damage to frontal eye fields)

_____ strokes often occur secondary to hyaline arteriolosclerosis, a complication of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and smoking

What type of stroke (hemorrhagic, ischemic) may be treated with thrombolytics, and in what time frame? _____ (if within 3 - 4.5 hours)

Hint: type?

What is the characteristic manifestation in adult Moyamoya disease?_____

Optic nerve glioma (15–40%), a pilocytic astrocytoma, is commonly seen in _____

Hint: inherited condition

_____ nerve marked as "D" is involved in Frey's syndrome

What disease is associated with this spinal cord lesion?\n_____