Insular stroke: neurological features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Insular stroke: neurological features. The stroke is often cardioembolic. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Pathology
- The stroke is often cardioembolic
- It more frequently occurs in the left hemisphere
Cardinal features
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Neurological features
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Bilateral insular stroke
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Prognosis
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References
- Raghu ALB, Parker T, van Wyk A, Green AL. Insula stroke: the weird and the worrisome. Postgrad Med J 2019; 95:497-504.
- Fink JN, Selim MH, Kumar S, Voetsch B, Fong WC, Caplan LR. Insular cortex infarction in acute middle cerebral artery territory stroke: predictor of stroke severity and vascular lesion. Arch Neurol 2005; 62:1081-1085.
- Kodumuri N, Sebastian R, Davis C, et al. The association of insular stroke with lesion volume. Neuroimage Clin 2016; 11:41-45.
- Di Stefano V, De Angelis MV, Montemitro C, et al. Clinical presentation of strokes confined to the insula: a systematic review of literature. Neurol Sci 2021; 42:1697-1704.
- Im I, Jun JP, Hwang S, Ko MH. Swallowing outcomes in patients with subcortical stroke associated with lesions of the caudate nucleus and insula. J Int Med Res 2018; 46:3552-3562.
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