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This is the correct answer
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a
Middle cerebral artery infarction
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This is incorrect because these strokes present as dizziness, nystagmus, truncal and/or limb ataxia
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d
Vertobrobasilar Stroke
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This is incorrect as a patient suffering from a posterior cerebral artery stroke will present with bilateral sensory/motor defects and deconjugate eye movement
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e
Posterior cerebral artery infarction
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This incorrect as lacunar infarction will present as memory problems and difficulty speaking or understanding spoken language
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c
Lacunar infarction
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This is incorrect because patients with a haemorrhagic stroke present with a thunderclap headache, seizures, nausea and unilateral weakness
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b
Haemorrhagic stroke
Concept
Chapter
2693
3933
stroke
Topic
141
Neurology
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A patient presenting with a loss of contralateral hemiplegia and hemisensory loss is most characteristic of what type of stroke?
a