BIMONTHLY ASSIGNMENT
1) A 55 year old man with Recurrent Focal Seizures Detailed patient case report here: http://ushaindurthi.blogspot.com/2020/11/55-year-old-male-with-complaints-of.html 1. What is the problem representation of this patient and what could be the anatomical site of lesion ? A.55 Y M patient who is a mestri worker came with c/o inability to move his right upper limb and episodes of seizures.He is a chronic alcoholic and beedi smoker since 35 years. Lesions may be seen in left fronto parietal temporal and occipital lobes.mostly temporal region. 2. Why are subcortical internal capsular infarcts more common that cortical infarcts? A. small subcortical infarcts (RSSIs) mostly result from the occlusion of a single, small, brain artery due to intrinsic cerebral small-vessel disease (CSVD). Some RSSIs may be attributable to other causes such as cardiac embolism or large-artery disease, and their association with coexisting CSVD and vascular risk factors may vary with morphological magnetic resona