title: Pure sensory stroke due to a pontine lacune.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Neurologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hommel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Besson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borgel
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Le Bas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perret
mesh_terms: 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*