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  2. Death of Brian Sicknick - Wikipedia

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    The strokes were due to a basilar artery blood clot, which caused damage to his brainstem and cerebellum. [33] Sicknick's family had been informed that he was treated for a stroke caused by a blood clot, and had been surviving on a ventilator. Family members drove from New Jersey and had not yet arrived at the hospital when he died.

  3. Locked-in syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A stroke or brain hemorrhage, usually of the basilar artery; Traumatic brain injury; Result from lesion of the brainstem; Curare poisoning and paralytic shellfish poisoning mimic a total locked-in syndrome by causing paralysis of all voluntarily controlled skeletal muscles. [11]

  4. Basilar artery - Wikipedia

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    The basilar artery (U.K.: / ˈ b æ z. ɪ. l ə /; [1] [2] U.S.: / ˈ b æ s. ə. l ər / [3]) is one of the arteries that supplies the brain with oxygen-rich blood.. The two vertebral arteries and the basilar artery are known as the vertebral basilar system, which supplies blood to the posterior part of the circle of Willis and joins with blood supplied to the anterior part of the circle of ...

  5. Intracranial aneurysm - Wikipedia

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    Anterior communicating artery; Posterior communicating artery; Middle cerebral artery; Internal carotid artery; Tip of basilar artery; Saccular aneurysms tend to have a lack of tunica media and elastic lamina around their dilated locations (congenital), with a wall of sac made up of thickened hyalinized intima and adventitia. [14]

  6. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) describes a temporary set of symptoms due to decreased blood flow in the posterior circulation of the brain. The posterior circulation supplies the medulla , pons , midbrain , cerebellum and (in 70-80% of people) supplies the posterior cerebellar artery to the thalamus and occipital cortex . [ 1 ]

  7. Lacunar stroke - Wikipedia

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    posterior limb of the internal capsule, basilar part of pons, and corona radiata, red nucleus, lentiform nucleus, superior cerebellar artery infarcts, anterior cerebral artery infarcts It displays a combination of cerebellar and motor symptoms, including weakness and clumsiness, on the ipsilateral side of the body. [ 4 ]

  8. Brain herniation - Wikipedia

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    Brain herniation can cause severe disability or death. In fact, when herniation is visible on a CT scan , the prognosis for a meaningful recovery of neurological function is poor. [ 2 ] The patient may become paralyzed on the same side as the lesion causing the pressure, or damage to parts of the brain caused by herniation may cause paralysis ...

  9. Circle of Willis - Wikipedia

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    The anterior cerebral artery forms the anterolateral portion of the circle of Willis, while the middle cerebral artery does not contribute to the circle. The right and left posterior cerebral arteries arise from the basilar artery, which is formed by the left and right vertebral arteries. The vertebral arteries arise from the subclavian arteries.