Bilateral cheiro-oral syndrome following pontine haemorrhage.
Cheiro-oral syndrome is a peculiar sensory disturbance observed around the corner of the mouth and the palm of the hand on the same side, usually occurring unilaterally. A male patient with bilateral cheiro-oral syndrome following pontine haemorrhage is reported. CT, MRI and neurological findings showed that the syndrome was due to a lesion in the medial lemniscus and ventral secondary ascending tract of the trigeminal nerve on both sides. Although unilateral cheiro-oral syndrome has been reported with a lesion in the parietal lobe, thalamus or brain stem, a bilateral syndrome could be caused only by a lesion of the brain stem.
Yasuda
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Department of Neurology, Kyoto City Hospital, Japan.
Akiguchi
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I
Ishikawa
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Kameyama
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M
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000294:innervation*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome