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Anterior cerebral artery syndrome
Classification and external resources
Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Blue is region supplied by anterior cerebral artery.)
ICD-10	G 46.1
MeSH	D020243

Anterior cerebral artery syndrome is a condition where the blood supply from the anterior cerebral artery is restricted, leading to a reduction of the function of the portions of the brain supplied by that vessel.

External links

751828993 at GPnotebook

CNS disease, Vascular disease: Cerebrovascular diseases (G45-G46 and I60-I69, 430-438)

Brain ischemia/
cerebral infarction
(ischemic stroke/TIA)

TACI, PACI	precerebral: Carotid artery stenosis cerebral: MCA · ACA · Amaurosis fugax Moyamoya disease

POCI	precerebral: Anterior spinal artery syndrome · Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (Subclavian steal syndrome) brainstem: medulla (Medial medullary syndrome, Lateral medullary syndrome) · pons (Medial pontine syndrome/Foville's, Lateral pontine syndrome/Millard-Gubler) · midbrain (Weber's, Benedikt syndrome) cerebral: PCA · Lacunar stroke · Thalamic syndrome cerebellar

General	cerebral: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis · CADASIL · Binswanger's disease · Transient global amnesia

Intracranial hemorrhage
(hemorrhagic stroke)

Extra-axial	Epidural · Subdural · Subarachnoid

Cerebral/Intra-axial	Intraventricular

Brainstem	Duret haemorrhage

Aneurysm

Cerebral aneurysm (Intracranial berry aneurysm, Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm)

Other/general

Cerebral vasculitis

central nervous system navs: anat/physio/dev, noncongen/congen/neoplasia, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc
vascular navs: anat/physio/dev, noncongen/systemic vasculitis/congen/neoplasia, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc

Lesions of spinal cord and brain

Spinal cord/
vascular myelopathy

sensory: Sensory ataxia · Tabes dorsalis

motor: Motor neurone disease

mixed: Brown-Séquard syndrome · cord syndrome (Posterior, Anterior, Central/Syringomyelia) · Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord (B12) · Cauda equina syndrome

Anterior spinal artery syndrome

Brainstem

Medulla (CN 8, 9, 10, 12)	Lateral medullary syndrome/Wallenberg (PICA) · Medial medullary syndrome/Dejerine (ASA)

Pons (CN 5, 6, 7, 8)	Lateral pontine syndrome (AICA)/Millard-Gubler syndrome (lateral) · Medial pontine syndrome (basilar)/Foville's syndrome (dorsal, basilar) · Locked-in syndrome (ventral) · Internuclear ophthalmoplegia · One and a half syndrome

Midbrain (CN 3, 4)	Weber's syndrome (ventral peduncle, PCA) · Benedikt syndrome (ventral tegmentum, PCA) · Parinaud's syndrome (dorsal, tumor) · Nothnagel's syndrome

Other	Alternating hemiplegia