Unilateral thermal anaesthesia.
A patient is described who had a deep parieto-temporal haemorrhage. Following resolution, the patient exhibited contralateral hemi-anaesthesia limited to the temperature sense. The possible mechanisms are discussed.
Nisipeanu
Puiu
P
Department of Neurology and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978 Israel.
Korczyn
Amos D
AD
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D013697:Thermosensing / Q000502:physiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed