Can chronic remote cortical hypoperfusion induced by thalamic infarction cause damage of tracts passing through those hypoperfused regions?
We report the case of a woman presenting with changes on cerebral imaging a year and a half after a bi-thalamic (predominantly left-sided) infarction including lateral and medial thalamic nuclei. Lateral geniculate body and pulvinar were not damaged. Hypoperfusion was observed in left cortical and b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2013.00156/full |