Localising Strokes

Front 1

Contralateral hemiparesis and sensory loss, lower extremity > upper

Back 1

Anterior cerebral artery

Front 2

Contralateral hemiparesis and sensory loss, upper extremity > lower
Contralateral homonymous hemianopia
Aphasia

Back 2

Middle cerebral artery

Front 3

Contralateral homonymous hemianopia with macular sparing
Visual agnosia

Back 3

Posterior cerebral artery

Front 4

Ipsilateral CN III palsy
Contralateral weakness

Back 4

Weber's syndrome (branches of the posterior cerebral artery that supply the midbrain)

Front 5

Ipsilateral: facial pain and temperature loss
Contralateral: limb/torso pain and temperature loss
Ataxia, nystagmus

Back 5

Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (lateral medullary syndrome, Wallenberg syndrome)

Front 6

Symptoms are similar to Wallenberg's, but:
Ipsilateral: facial paralysis and deafness

Back 6

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (lateral pontine syndrome)

Front 7

What is amaurosis fugax

Back 7

A painless transient monocular visual loss

Front 8

Amaurosis fugax

Back 8

Retinal/ophthalmic artery

Front 9

'Locked-in' syndrome

Back 9

Basilar artery

Front 10

This type of stroke:
Present with either isolated hemiparesis, hemisensory loss or hemiparesis with limb ataxia
Strong association with hypertension
Common sites include the basal ganglia, thalamus and internal capsule

Back 10

Lacunar stroke

Front 11

A type of stroke that results from occlusion of one of the penetrating arteries that provides blood to the brain's deep structures

Back 11

Lacunar stroke