title: Strokes in the subinsular territory: clinical, topographical, and etiological patterns.
abstract: The authors studied 11 patients with subinsular stroke (subIS) located in a deep border zone between lenticulostriate arteries and small insular cortical penetrating branches of the middle cerebral artery. The typical clinical features of subIS were motor deficits (11 patients), sensory disturbances (6 patients), transcortical motor aphasia and hypophonia (2 patients), and transient dysphagia at stroke onset (5 patients). Large artery disease and cardioembolic mechanisms may give rise to subIS by hemodynamic mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, 35100, Turkey. ekumral@med.ege.edu.tr
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kumral
authors.forename: Tolga
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozdemirkiran
authors.forename: Yaprak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004244:Dizziness / Q000209:etiology; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology