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INTRODUCTION - | == INTRODUCTION - == | ||
Paralysis of one side of the body due to Pyramidal tract lesion at any point from its origin in the cerebral cortex down to the fifth Cervical segment ( beginning of origin of cervical plexus ) . | |||
ETIOLOGY | == ETIOLOGY == | ||
VASCULAR | VASCULAR - Cerebral hemorrhage , Stroke , Diabetic Neuropathy. | ||
INFECTIVE - Encephalitis , Meningitis , Brain abscess. | |||
NEOPLASTIC - Glioma - meningioma | |||
DEMYLINATION - Disseminated sclerosis , lesions to the Internal capsule . | |||
TRAUMATIC - Cerebral lacerations , Subdural Hematoma . Rare cause of hemiplegia is due to local anaesthsia injections given intra arterially rapidly , instead of given in a nerve branch . | |||
CONGENITAL - Cerebral palsy | |||
DISSEMINATED - Multiple Sclerosis | |||
PSYCHOLOGICAL - Parasomnia (Nocturnal hemiplegia ). | |||
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INTRODUCTION -[edit | edit source]
Paralysis of one side of the body due to Pyramidal tract lesion at any point from its origin in the cerebral cortex down to the fifth Cervical segment ( beginning of origin of cervical plexus ) .
ETIOLOGY[edit | edit source]
VASCULAR - Cerebral hemorrhage , Stroke , Diabetic Neuropathy.
INFECTIVE - Encephalitis , Meningitis , Brain abscess.
NEOPLASTIC - Glioma - meningioma
DEMYLINATION - Disseminated sclerosis , lesions to the Internal capsule .
TRAUMATIC - Cerebral lacerations , Subdural Hematoma . Rare cause of hemiplegia is due to local anaesthsia injections given intra arterially rapidly , instead of given in a nerve branch .
CONGENITAL - Cerebral palsy
DISSEMINATED - Multiple Sclerosis
PSYCHOLOGICAL - Parasomnia (Nocturnal hemiplegia ).
