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Thalamic infarction disrupts spinothalamocortical projection to the mid-cingulate cortex and supplementary motor area.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19345958     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Thalamic infarction presenting with heat anesthesia is rare. A 62-year-old man developed acute heat anesthesia and deep sensory disturbance in the right half of his body, but sensation for cold and pain was preserved. The resolution of these symptoms was accompanied by the gradual development of central dysesthesia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) findings showed a small infarction in the left thalamic principal somatosensory nucleus (ventral caudal) and pulvinar. Single-photon emission CT showed hypoperfusion in the mid-cingulate cortex (mid-CC) and supplementary motor area (SMA), however, the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices were spared. Somatosensory-evoked potential findings were normal. The disruption of spinothalamocortical projection to the mid-CC and SMA is attributable to the development of central dysesthesia in the present case.
Authors:
Masahiko Kishi; Ryuji Sakakibara; Takeki Nagao; Hitoshi Terada; Emina Ogawa
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2009-04-05
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the neurological sciences     Volume:  281     ISSN:  1878-5883     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Neurol. Sci.     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-05-08     Completed Date:  2009-08-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375403     Medline TA:  J Neurol Sci     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  104-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Neurology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura, 285-8741, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain Infarction / complications,  pathology*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
Frontal Lobe / pathology*
Gyrus Cinguli / pathology*
Hot Temperature
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neural Pathways / pathology
Somatosensory Disorders / etiology*,  pathology
Spinothalamic Tracts / pathology*
Thalamic Diseases / complications,  pathology*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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