Hemiplegia
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 ).
