What are the major symptoms a person will display who has had a PCA stroke?

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What are the major symptoms a person will display who has had a PCA stroke?

 

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PCA - Posterior Cerebral Artery

PCA stroke - PCA stroke is a kind of Posterior circulation Infarction. PCA stroke is a condition in which the blood supply from the posterior cerebral artery is blocked. This leads to reduction in the functioning of those parts of the brain which receives the supply from posterior cerebral artery. So, the part of the brain that results in reduction of functioning is:

1. Occipital lobe

2. Inferomedial temporal lobe

3. Large portion of thalamus, etc.

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