Bilateral thalamic pain secondary to bilateral thalamic infarcts relieved by a further unilateral ischaemic episode

R J Cordery; M N Rossor

doi:10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.660717.x

Bilateral thalamic pain secondary to bilateral thalamic infarcts relieved by a further unilateral ischaemic episode

Eur J Neurol. 1999 Nov;6(6):717-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.660717.x.

Authors

R J Cordery¹, M N Rossor

Affiliation

¹ Dementia Research Group, Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

PMID: 10529761
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.660717.x

Abstract

This study reports a patient with severe, debilitating bilateral thalamic pain caused by bilateral thalamic infarcts. The authors consider it to be a unique case as a further clinically unilateral lesion led to pain relief bilaterally.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Infarction / complications*
Brain Ischemia / complications
Brain Ischemia / physiopathology*
Functional Laterality
Humans
Male
Pain / etiology
Pain / physiopathology*
Thalamic Diseases / complications
Thalamic Diseases / physiopathology*