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Pca Territory Stroke

PCA stands for posterior cerebral artery stroke. The symptoms of posterior cerebral artery stroke include difficulty viewing half of the image, difficulty in reading and color perception, recognizing faces, and headache associated with vision loss or diplopia. The prognosis of this condition is good if treated early.

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Is there any treatment for homogenous hemianopia due to stroke?

Query: Hello doctor,My father aged 54 years had PCA infarction (stroke) two years back. He is suffering from homogenous (right) hemianopia. Is there any treatment for this? Please suggest me.  Read Full »

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Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. How has the hemianopia fared over these two years? Is it increasing or decreasing? PCA (posterior cerebral artery) is one of the arteries supplying the visual pathway and its lesions usually cause visual field defects. Most of the defects will improve over time as and w...  Read Full »

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