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Bilateral paramedian thalamo-midbrain infarction showing electroencephalographic alpha activity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11393421     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 57-year-old man became unresponsive and mute with bilateral ophthalmoplegia and quadriplegia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed bilateral infarctions at the ventral midbrain and the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus. Serial studies with MR and vertebral angiography disclosed hypoperfusion and spontaneous reperfusion of the bilateral posterior cerebral arteries at their origin from the basilar artery. Electroencephalographically, a posteriorly distributed alpha rhythm was clearly recorded and it was reactive in response to external stimuli. The findings seen in the present patient suggest that the ventral midbrain and medial dorsal thalamus are not necessary to produce posterior electroencephalographic alpha activity.
Authors:
S Yazawa; S Kawasaki; A Kanemaru; Y Kuratsuwa; R Yabuoshi; T Ohi
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0918-2918     ISO Abbreviation:  Intern. Med.     Publication Date:  2001 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-06-06     Completed Date:  2001-10-11     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9204241     Medline TA:  Intern Med     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  443-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital of Nobeoka.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alpha Rhythm*
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis,  physiopathology*
Electroencephalography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mesencephalon / pathology,  physiopathology*,  radiography,  radionuclide imaging
Middle Aged
Thalamus / pathology,  physiopathology*,  radiography,  radionuclide imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Vertebral Artery / radiography

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