Open AccessPure sensory stroke due to a pontine lacune.
Author(s) -
Marc Hommel,
Gérard Besson,
Pierre Pollak,
F. Borgel,
J.F. Le Bas,
J Perret
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.20.3.406
Subject(s) - medial lemniscus , medicine , pons , stroke (engine) , magnetic resonance imaging , sensory system , anatomy , radiology , neuroscience , mechanical engineering , dorsum , biology , engineering
A 53-year-old hypertensive man presented with the sudden onset of an isolated lemniscal sensory syndrome of the entire left side of his body. Magnetic resonance images showed a small lacune in the right paramedian pons corresponding to the location of the medial lemniscus.
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