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Hemiparesis


Hemiparesis is weakness or paralysis of one side of the body; it usually arises from unilateral lesions above the midcervical spinal cord.

Causes (all causes of acute hemiparesis require urgent assessment)

Vascular

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    Cerebrovascular ischaemia

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    Cerebral or spinal infarction

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    Intracerebral haemorrhage

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    Paradoxical embolus

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    Cerebral vasculitis

Traumatic

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    Subdural haematoma

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    Extradural haematoma

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