Pure sensory stroke due to a pontine lacune.
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.
Hommel
M
M
Clinique Neurologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble, France.
Besson
G
G
Pollak
P
P
Borgel
F
F
Le Bas
J F
JF
Perret
J
J
D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*