Kliničke karakteristike u pacijenata sa infarktom mozga u graničnoj oblasti arterije cerebri medije

Abstract

Introduction: Clinical features of the ischemic neurovascular syndromes is constant and dependable from vascular territory of the affected blood vessel. Best examples are sensory and motor hemisyndromes and vision disturbances. Aim: To define motor, sensory and visual disturbances' in patients with ischemic stroke in the border zone of the middle cerebral artery. Material and methods: Border zone ischemic stroke diagnosis was based on clinical and neurological examination and confirmed with brain computerized tomography. Estimation of the symptoms was obtained by history, and degree of functional (neurological) deficit was estimated based on NIH-NINDS scale. Results: In total 30 patients were included in the study, 12 (40%) were females 47-79 years of age (±62.3 years) and 18 (60%) males 43-79 years of age (± 58.7 years). Neurological features were clearly different based on the side of the infarct. In the group with (ACA+ACM) + (ACM+ACM) infarct localization hemiparesis is significantly more frequent. In the group with ACM+ACP infarct localization homonymous hemianopia is significantly more frequent. Initial symptom of the reversible loss of consciousness in duration of several minutes was observed in 14 (46.6%) patients. Focal seizures (clonic seizures of the face, arm and leg) were detected in 4 (13.3%) patients (all with infarcts in the anterior border zone ACA-ACM). Headache was rare manifestation seen in 5 (16.6%) patients with 4 having posterior border zone infarcts. Conclusion: Supratentorial border zone infarcts have high specificity in clinical manifestations. The implicates therapeutical approaches which are prone to specific procedures.