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Perinatal stroke. Perinatal stroke is a disease where an infant has a stroke between the 140th day of the gestation period and the 28th postpartum day, [ 1] affecting up to 1 in 2300 live births. [ 2] This disease is further divided into three subgroups, namely neonatal arterial ischemic stroke, neonatal cerebral sinovenous ischemic stroke, and ...
The prognosis of "pure" TGA is very good, as by definition, symptoms resolve within 24 hours. It does not affect mortality or morbidity [ 29 ] There is no treatment specific to TGA. [ 4 ] " The most important part of management after diagnosis is looking after the psychological needs of the patient and his or her relatives.
Spinal cord stroke. Spinal cord stroke is a rare type of stroke with compromised blood flow to any region of spinal cord owing to occlusion or bleeding, leading to irreversible neuronal death. [ 1] It can be classified into two types, ischaemia and haemorrhage, in which the former accounts for 86% of all cases, a pattern similar to cerebral ...
Sheehan's syndrome, also known as postpartum pituitary gland necrosis, occurs when the pituitary gland is damaged due to significant blood loss and hypovolemic shock (ischemic necrosis) usually during or after childbirth leading to decreased functioning of the pituitary gland ( hypopituitarism ). [ 1] The pituitary gland is an endocrine organ ...
An MRI can help to diagnose an acute cerebral infarct as quickly as 6 hours from start of symptoms, [25] It can also help time when the stroke happened. [27] The biggest problem with an MRI is it can't be done on a patient with certain metallic implants or if the patient is claustrophobic. [ 28 ]
Lateral medullary syndrome is a neurological disorder causing a range of symptoms due to ischemia in the lateral part of the medulla oblongata in the brainstem. The ischemia is a result of a blockage most commonly in the vertebral artery or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. [ 1] Lateral medullary syndrome is also called Wallenberg's ...
Treatment is determined based on the primary cause of anterior spinal cord syndrome. When the diagnosis of anterior spinal cord syndrome is determined, the prognosis is unfortunate. The mortality rate is approximately 20%, with 50% of individuals living with anterior spinal cord syndrome having very little or no changes in symptoms. [1]
Tethered cord syndrome ( TCS) refers to a group of neurological disorders that relate to malformations of the spinal cord. [ 1] Various forms include tight filum terminale, lipomeningomyelocele, split cord malformations ( diastematomyelia ), occult, dermal sinus tracts, and dermoids . All forms involve the pulling of the spinal cord at the base ...