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3 Μαΐ 2024 · An occipital stroke starts in the occipital lobe at the back of your brain. This part of your brain is responsible for processing visual information, so a stroke here can cause severe...
13 Οκτ 2022 · Common symptoms of a stroke include weakness on one half of the body, facial drooping, and slurred speech. An occipital lobe stroke, however, may not cause these symptoms and instead may cause visual disturbances like blurry vision, hallucinations, or even blindness.
20 Οκτ 2023 · Causes. Risk factors. Vision effects. Diagnosis. Outlook. Emergency help. Summary. An occipital stroke affects the back of the brain and can cause an array of visual impairments....
11 Σεπ 2024 · What Causes an Occipital Lobe Stroke? The occipital lobes allow for visuospatial abilities and processing (understanding of immediate surroundings) including: Depth perception. Distance. Interpretation of colors. Facial recognition. Object recognition. Formation of memories.
8 Αυγ 2023 · Patients may present with different signs or symptoms when PCA restricts the blood supply of multiple brain regions (the occipital lobe, the inferomedial temporal lobe, a large portion of the thalamus, and the upper brainstem and midbrain).
19 Μαΐ 2014 · What causes posterior circulation stroke? The most common causes of posterior circulation stroke are occlusion or embolism from large artery vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis or dissection, and embolism from the heart.11 12 In a large US hospital registry study of 407 patients with posterior circulation stroke, embolism was the most common ...
Small artery occlusions can be surmised as the cause of infarcts less than 20 mm, without evidence of other disorders, such as vascular disease, vasospasm, or a cardioembolic source. 4 These occlusions account for 10% to 23% of acute strokes. 5 Risk factors include diabetes and hypertension.
