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STROKE (CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT) |
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ischaemic cerebral lesions |
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thrombosis / atherosclerosis (commonest cause) |
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embolism (esp. in atrial fibrillation) |
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arteritis / vasculitis: |
polyarteritis nodosa systemic lupus erythematosus syphilis tuberculosis giant cell arteritis |
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arteriospasm: |
hemiplegic migraine subarachnoid haemorrhage hypotension |
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haemorrhagic cerebral lesions |
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hypertension (1� intra-cerebral bleed; usually lacunar) |
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subarachnoid haemorrhage: |
rupture of saccular aneurysm AVM [5%] extension of intra-cerebral bleed diffuse vascular disease in elderly trauma |
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bleeding from tumours trauma (extra-dural or sub-dural haematoma) |
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tumours (5%) |
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