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[Progressive dysarthria and bilateral sensory disturbance in a case of bilateral ventrolateral pontine infarction].
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Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology [Rinsho Shinkeigaku] 2017 Dec 27; Vol. 57 (12), pp. 764-768. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 28. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- A rare case of bilateral ventrolateral pontine infarction in a 70-year-old man who developed progressive dysarthria and bilateral sensory disturbance is reported with literature review. He had been diagnosed with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and impaired glucose tolerance 10 years earlier. Ten days before admission, he was aware of the difficulty in walking and speaking, which gradually worsened. On admission he showed bilateral thermal hypoalgesia of face and lower extremities, dysarthria, dysphagia, and ataxic gait. High resolution three-dimensional MRI revealed bilateral ventrolateral pontine infarction with a large atherosclerotic plaque in the ventral side of the basilar artery, which led to a diagnosis of atherothrombotic brain infarction. The atherosclerotic plaque in the basilar artery was thought to be responsible for simultaneous occlusion of the bilateral short circumflex arteries of the pons.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Basilar Artery diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Infarction diagnostic imaging
Disease Progression
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Plaque, Atherosclerotic complications
Plaque, Atherosclerotic diagnostic imaging
Pons diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Infarction etiology
Dysarthria etiology
Pons blood supply
Sensation Disorders etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- Japanese
- ISSN :
- 1882-0654
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29187688
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001090