From: Clinical features, etiology, and prognosis of hand knob stroke: a case series
Age (years, means ± SD) | 62.2 ± 13.2 |
Gender (male/female) | 15/4 |
Vascular risk factors | |
 Hypertension | 13 (68.4%) |
 Hyperlipidemia | 11 (57.9%) |
 Hyperhomocysteinemia | 11 (57.9%) |
 Smoking | 10 (52.6%) |
 Alcoholism | 7 (36.8%) |
 Diabetes mellitus | 6 (31.6%) |
 Cardiac disease | 3 (15.8%) |
Clinical manifestations | |
 Isolated hand paresis | 12 (63.2%) |
 Hand paresis with mild hand numbness | 4 (21.1%) |
 Hand paresis with transient dysarthria | 3 (15.8%) |
Stroke type | |
 Hemorrhagic stroke | 2 (10.5%) |
 Ischemic stroke | 17 (89.5%) |
TOAST classification of cerebral infarction | n = 17 |
 SAO | 6 (35.3%) |
 LAA | 6 (35.3%) |
 SOE | 2 (11.8%) |
 SUE | 2 (11.8%) |
 CE | 1 (5.9%) |
Follow-up | |
 Good prognosis (mRS ≤2) | 18 (94.7%) |
 Stroke recurrence | 1 (5.3%) |