UMEM Educational Pearls

Category: Neurology

Title: MCA Strokes

Keywords: stroke, mca stroke (PubMed Search)

Posted: 10/7/2009 by Aisha Liferidge, MD (Updated: 3/29/2024)
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  • Strokes resulting from embolic or thrombic insult to the middle cerebral artery (MCA) are common.

 

  • These patients tend to present with contralateral motor deficit which is most pronounced in the upper extremity (and face), compared to the lower extremity.

 

  • If motor weakness is more pronounced in the lower extremity, consider an anterior cerebral artery (ACA) infarct as the source.