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Hemiplegia
Aka: Hemiplegia, Hemiparesis, Unilateral Paresis, Unilateral Weakness, Unilateral Motor Weakness
- See Also
- Right Hemiplegia (or Right Hemiparesis)
- Left Hemiplegia (or Left Hemiparesis)
- Acute Motor Weakness Causes (Emergent Bilateral Motor Weakness)
- Acute Flaccid Paralysis
- Muscle Weakness
- Muscle Weakness in Children
- Definitions
- Hemiplegia
- Complete paralysis
- Hemiparesis
- Partial weakness
- Causes
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Thrombosis, Embolism or Hemorrhage
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Migraine syndrome
- Head Trauma
- Brain Contusion
- Subdural Hematoma
- Epidural Hematoma
- Todd's Paralysis
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Brain Tumor (Primary or metastatic disease)
- Infection
- Brain Abscess
- Encephalitis
- Subdural Empyema
- Meningitis
- Nonketotic hyperosmolar coma
- Vasculitis
- Demyelinating disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Acute necrotizing Myelitis
- Hereditary Disease
- Leukodystrophies
- Congenital or perinatal injury
- Symptoms
- Sudden unilateral extremity weakness, loss of function
- Reflects spinal cord or higher involvement
- Signs: Lesion localization
- General
- Cortical lesion signs depend on dominant hemisphere
- Subcortical, Brainstem, and spinal cord are the same
- See Right Hemiplegia or Right Hemiparesis (dominant)
- Aphasia
- Cortical sensory loss
- See Left Hemiplegia or Left Hemiparesis (nondominant)
- Inattention (left sided neglect)
- Denial
- Constructional Apraxia
- Spatial Disorientation