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What Causes Pontine Lacunar Infarction?
Question: what is a pontine lacunar infarct and is it the same as basal ganglia lacunar infarct?
Brief Answer:
They are different.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome To HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern.
Pontine is a part if brain stem and it's infarction is considered as a brain stem infarction. In fact Pontine is a nucleus called as Pontine nucleus in the brain stem.
Basal ganglia infarction is a different identity ad basal ganglia is a different structure from brain stem however both being parts of brain are considered as Brain Stroke.
Moreover, treatment remains the same in both the infarctions.
I hope it helps.
If you have any further query, please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
They are different.
Detailed Answer:
Welcome To HCM. I am Dr Anshul Varshney. I understand your concern.
Pontine is a part if brain stem and it's infarction is considered as a brain stem infarction. In fact Pontine is a nucleus called as Pontine nucleus in the brain stem.
Basal ganglia infarction is a different identity ad basal ganglia is a different structure from brain stem however both being parts of brain are considered as Brain Stroke.
Moreover, treatment remains the same in both the infarctions.
I hope it helps.
If you have any further query, please ask me.
Stay Healthy.
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