Lesions
I. The Spinal Cord
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Hemisection
2. Transection
3. Syringomyelia
4. Vascular Diseases
a. Anterior Artery Syndrome
5. Degenerative Diseases
a. Poliomyelitis
b. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
c. Tabes Dorsalis
d. Posterolateral Sclerosis
e. Friedreich's Ataxia
f. Infantile Muscular Atrophy
II. Medulla
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular diseases
a. Lateral Medullary Syndrome
b. Medial Medullary Syndrome
2. Neoplasms
a. Medulloblastoma
III. Pons
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular Diseases
(Syndromes)
a. Medial Inferior Pontine Syndrome
b. Lateral Inferior Pontine Syndrome
c. Medial Mid-Pontine Syndrome
d. Lateral Mid-Pontine Syndrome
e. Medial Superior-Pontine Syndrome
f. Lateral Superior-Pontine Syndrome
2. Neoplasms
a. Acoustic Neuroma
IV. Midbrain
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular Diseases
a. Base of the Midbrain (Weber's Syndrome)
b. Tegmentum of the Midbrain (Benedikt's Syndrome)
2. Neoplasms
a. Dorsal Midbrain (Parinaud's Syndrome)
b. Dorsal Midbrain (Nothnagel's Syndrome)
V. Diencephalon
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular Diseases
a. Thalamus
b. Thalamic Pain Syndrome (of Dejerine-Roussy)
2. Neoplasms
a. Hypothalamus - Craniopharyngioma
b. Hypothalamus - Glioma
VI. Cerebellum
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular Diseases
a. Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
2. Neoplasms
a. Cerebellar Hemisphere
b. Cerebellar Vermis
VII. Basal Ganglia
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular
a. Subthalamic Nucleus
b. Globus Pallidus
2. Degenerative
a. Huntington's Chorea
b. Parkinson's Disease
VIII. Cerebral Hemisphere
A. Anatomy
B. Lesions
1. Vascular
a. Middle Cerebral Artery
b. Posterior Cerebral Artery
c. Anterior branches of Middle Cerebral Artery
2. Neoplasms
a. Meningioma
b. Glioma - temporal lobe
3. Abscess - parietal
lobe
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