Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) infarct
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A PCA infarction arises, as the name says, from occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery.
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Symptoms include contralateral homonymous hemianopia and quadrantic visual field defects.Because Because the PCA supplies the thalamus, PCA infarction can lead to contralateral thalamic syndrome.
-<p>A <strong>PCA infarction</strong> arises, as the name says, from occlusion of the <a href="/articles/posterior-cerebral-artery">posterior cerebral artery</a>.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Symptoms include contralateral homonymous hemianopia and quadrantic visual field defects. <span style="line-height:1.6em">Because the PCA supplies the thalamus, PCA infarction can lead to contralateral thalamic syndrome.</span></p><p> </p>- +<p>A <strong>PCA infarction</strong> arises, as the name says, from occlusion of the <a href="/articles/posterior-cerebral-artery">posterior cerebral artery</a>.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Symptoms include contralateral homonymous hemianopia and quadrantic visual field defects. Because the PCA supplies the thalamus, PCA infarction can lead to contralateral thalamic syndrome.</p><p> </p>
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