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An atypical pontine infarction presenting with segmental sensory disturbance and uncrossed sensory symptomatology: case report
- Source :
- Heliyon, Heliyon, Vol 6, Iss 5, Pp e04072-(2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2020.
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Abstract
- We reported a patient who presented with analgesia and thermanaesthesia from the face to T4 dermatome on the contralateral side to the lesion due to infarction of the dorsal tegmentum of the caudal pons, which was inconsistent with classical dorsolateral pontine infarction. We speculated that the lesion affected the trigeminothalamic tract deriving from the second-order neurons on the contralateral side and partial lateral spinothalamic tracts carrying pain and temperature sensation above T4 dermatome, while the spinal trigeminal tract and its nucleus on the ipsilateral side and other parts of lateral spinothalamic tracts were spared. This case showed the atypical presentations of dorsolateral pontine infarction and may provide clinicians with new diagnostic ideas.<br />Neuroscience; Neurology; Public health; Nervous system; Clinical research; Pontine infarction; Uncrossed sensory symptomatology; Segmental sensory disturbance.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Nervous system
Spinothalamic tract
Infarction
Sensory system
Article
Clinical research
Lesion
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Tegmentum
lcsh:Social sciences (General)
lcsh:Science (General)
Public health
Multidisciplinary
Segmental sensory disturbance
Pontine infarction
business.industry
Anatomy
medicine.disease
Pons
Uncrossed sensory symptomatology
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Dermatome
Neurology
lcsh:H1-99
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
lcsh:Q1-390
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24058440
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Heliyon
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e064e906ca3451235e762eb9ad9a7680