title: Cheiro-oral-pedal syndrome in thalamic infarction.
abstract: Sensory disturbance around the corner of the mouth, in the palm of the hand and in the foot on the same side (cheiro-oral-pedal syndrome) has been reported only in 2 patients with brainstem lesion. We report 2 cases of cheiro-oral-pedal syndrome; the causative lesion was revealed by magnetic resonance imaging to be in the ventral postero-lateral and ventral posteromedial nuclei of the thalamus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akiguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kameyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000294:innervation*; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology