A 65-year-old man develops sudden weakness in his right arm and leg. His wife notes that...
A 65-year-old man develops sudden weakness in his right arm and leg. His wife notes that the lower right half of his face appears to droop as well. He is taken to the emergency room, where he is noted to have a medical history significant for diabetes and poorly controlled hypertension. On physical examination he is noted to have a flaccid paralysis of the right side and paralysis of the right lower side of his face. An MRI is immediately obtained, which reveals an acute, left-sided ischemic infarct.
Which infarcted area of the brain is responsible for the patient’s symptoms?
Homework Answers
Infract in mca ( middle cerebral artery) superior division supplied area, mca superior devision supply internal capsule
So infract in internal capsule fibre area produce contralateral hemiplegia
Lenticulostriate branch of mca supply internal capsule
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