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What Is The Prognosis For A Person With Right Frontal Lobe Infarct?

what deficits would I anticipate in a patient admitted for a right frontal lobe infarct 1) left sided hemiparesis and personality changes or right sided hemiparesis and emotional outburst. I am confused as I know the personality changes fits and it effect the emotions but not sure what side of the body it would effect
Fri, 6 May 2016
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I really appreciate your concern, if the cerbrovascular diseae is suspected then better to get done the MRI of brain and according to the brain lession medication and treatment being decided, if you do have some presonality changes, emotiona outbrust then it may not be due to brain lesion but it is the psychological condition hope this information helps.
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What Is The Prognosis For A Person With Right Frontal Lobe Infarct?

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, if the cerbrovascular diseae is suspected then better to get done the MRI of brain and according to the brain lession medication and treatment being decided, if you do have some presonality changes, emotiona outbrust then it may not be due to brain lesion but it is the psychological condition hope this information helps.