Lacunar stroke
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| ICD-10 | G46.5-G46.7 |
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| ICD-9 | 434.91 |
| DiseasesDB | 31186 |
| eMedicine | pmr/63 |
| MeSH | D020520 |
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Introduction
Lacunar stroke occurs when one of the small arteries(Φ:0.2 － 15mm) that provide blood to the brain's deep structures is blocked and injure deeper structures underneath the cortex.
Pathophysiology
Lacunes are caused by occlusion of a single deep penetrating artery. The deep penetrating arteries are small nonbranching end arteries (usually smaller than 500 micrometers in diameter), which arise directly from much larger arteries (eg, the middle cerebral artery, anterior choroidal artery, anterior cerebral artery, posterior cerebral artery, posterior communicating artery, cerebellar arteries, basilar artery). Their small size and proximal position predisposes them to the development of microatheroma and lipohyalinosis.
At the beginning, lipohyalinosis was thought to be the main small vessel pathology of lacunes; however, microatheroma now is thought to be the most common mechanism of arterial occlusion (or stenosis). Occasionally, atheroma in the parent artery blocks the orifice of the penetrating artery (luminal atheroma), or atheroma involves the origin of the penetrating artery (junctional atheroma).
A hemodynamic (hypoperfusion) mechanism is suggested when there is a stenosis (and not occlusion) of the penetrating artery. When no evidence of small vessel disease is found on histologic examination, an embolic cause is assumed, either artery-to-artery embolism or cardioembolism. In one recent series, 25% of patients with clinical radiologically defined lacunes had a potential cardiac cause for their strokes.
The Clinical Picture
It is estimated that lacunar infarcts account for 25% of all strokes that are due to infarction.
Patients tend to present with a pure motor, pure sensory or sensorimotor dysfunction or 'ataxic hemiparesis'. They will often recover well.
Related conditions
If there is enough white matter disease from lacunar pathology, one can see a subcortical dementia such as Binswanger disease.
Synonyms Words
lacunar infarcts
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
