Hemiplegia

(hem-e-ple’-je-ah) [fyu, half; TzArjyf], stroke]. Paralysis of one side of the body, due usually to a lesion in the internal capsule or corpus striatum, but at times caused by an extensive lesion of the cortex, or a lesion of the crus, pons, or medulla, or of the upper part of the spinal cord. If in the brain, the lesion is on the side opposite to the paralysis. H., Alternate, paralysis of the facial muscles upon one side, with paralysis of the trunk and extremities upon the opposite side of the body. H., Bilateral Spastic. See Paraplegia, Infantile Spasmodic. H., Cerebral, the ordinary form first desoribed. H., Cro ed. Same as H., Alternate. H., Facial, motor paralysis of one side of the face. H., Spastic, a form occurring in infants, in which the affected extremities are spastically contracted. H., Spinal. See Brown- S’equard’’ s Paralysis. 309