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  2. Cerebral infarction - Wikipedia

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    CT scan slice of the brain showing a right- hemispheric cerebral infarct (left side of image). Cerebral infarction, also known as an ischemic stroke, is the pathologic process that results in an area of necrotic tissue in the brain (cerebral infarct). [1] In mid to high income countries, a stroke is the main reason for disability among people ...

  3. Lacunar stroke - Wikipedia

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    Lacunar stroke or lacunar cerebral infarct ( LACI) is the most common type of ischemic stroke, resulting from the occlusion of small penetrating arteries that provide blood to the brain's deep structures. Patients who present with symptoms of a lacunar stroke, but who have not yet had diagnostic imaging performed, may be described as having ...

  4. Ocular ischemic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Ocular ischemic syndrome is the constellation of ocular signs and symptoms secondary to severe, chronic arterial hypoperfusion to the eye. [1] Amaurosis fugax is a form of acute vision loss caused by reduced blood flow to the eye; it may be a warning sign of an impending stroke, as both stroke and retinal artery occlusion can be caused by thromboembolism due to atherosclerosis elsewhere in the ...

  5. Stroke - Wikipedia

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    Stroke symptoms typically start suddenly, over seconds to minutes, and in most cases do not progress further. The symptoms depend on the area of the brain affected. The more extensive the area of the brain affected, the more functions that are likely to be lost. Some forms of stroke can cause additional symptoms.

  6. Transient ischemic attack - Wikipedia

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    A transient ischemic attack ( TIA ), commonly known as a mini-stroke, is a minor stroke whose noticeable symptoms usually end in less than an hour. A TIA causes the same symptoms associated with a stroke, such as weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden dimming or loss of vision, difficulty speaking or understanding language ...

  7. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Specialty. Ophthalmology, optometry. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy ( AION) is a medical condition involving loss of vision caused by damage to the optic nerve as a result of insufficient blood supply (ischemia). This form of ischemic optic neuropathy is generally categorized as two types: arteritic AION ...

  8. Brainstem stroke syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A brainstem stroke syndrome falls under the broader category of stroke syndromes, or specific symptoms caused by vascular injury to an area of brain (for example, the lacunar syndromes ). As the brainstem contains numerous cranial nuclei and white matter tracts, a stroke in this area can have a number of unique symptoms depending on the ...

  9. Amaurosis fugax - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms. The experience of amaurosis fugax is classically described as a temporary loss of vision in one or both eyes that appears as a "black curtain coming down vertically into the field of vision in one eye;" however, this altitudinal visual loss not the most common form. In one study, only 23.8 percent of patients with transient ...

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