PONTINE INFARCTION

Course overview

STROKE IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN THE WORLD. PONTINE STROKES, IN PARTICULAR, ARE CATASTROPHIC. CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF A PONTINE INFARCTION CAN VARY, RANGING FROM THE CLASSICAL CROSSED SYNDROME (IPSILATERAL CRANIAL NERVE PALSY AND CONTRALATERAL MOTOR AND/OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT) TO THE LESS COMMON PURE MOTOR HEMIPARESIS OR HEMIPLEGIA OR PURE SENSORY STROKE. A MAJORITY OF STROKE EVENTS AND THEIR COMPLICATIONS CAN BE PREVENTED WITH PROPER CARE. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF INFARCTION IN THE PONS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE HEALTHCARE TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.