lacunar state

lacunar state,

a pseudobulbar disorder characterized by the appearance of small, smooth-walled cavities in the brain tissue. The condition usually follows a series of small strokes, particularly in older adults with arterial hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Also called status lacunaris.

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lacunar state

Neurology A condition characterized by multiple minute infarcts—lacunes in the basal ganglia, which may be seen in severe HTN; when numerous, LS causes dementia or a lacunar 'syndrome' Clinical Loss of recent memory, altered time-space orientation, paranoia, headache, vertigo, giddiness, convulsions; the focal nature of the infarcts explains various neurologic defects–eg, homolateral cerebellar ataxia, isolated hemiplegia, pure segmental sensory stroke and dysarthria and clumsy hand syndrome