Wednesday, March 26, 2008

What is the gap-stroke

Lacunar infarction is sustained hypertension, arteriosclerosis caused by small, a special type of brain disease. Supply is a small deep brain artery occlusion and the Micro-infarction; Advanced Micro infarction due to softening, and the removal of necrotic tissue was left of Springboard small cavity, so named. General lacunar lesions in the more than one centimeter in diameter following, but not more than 1.5 cm. Multiple lacunar often. Multiple lacunar known as lacunar the state, mainly in deep brain artery supply areas such as internal capsule, and the basal ganglia, such as the bottom-pons. Not all will have lacunar infarction clinical symptoms, sometimes through CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or autopsy found only occasionally. Sustained hypertension patients have minor neurologic dysfunction, it is necessary to think of the possibility of lacunar infarction. Recurrent lacunar infarction, have multiple infarction this may be caused by fixing palsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and so on.

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