Insular stroke: neurological features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on insular stroke: neurological features: Pathology The stroke is often cardioembolic It more frequently occurs in the left hemisphere Cardinal features Neurological features Bilateral insular stroke Prognosis

Pathology

  • The stroke is often cardioembolic
  • It more frequently occurs in the left hemisphere

Cardinal features

Neurological features

Bilateral insular stroke

Prognosis

References

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