Transient ipsilateral blood flow reduction in the thalamus and cerebral cortex after pontine infarction.
Remote cerebral hypoperfusion associated with pontine lesions is rare. We describe a patient who showed transient ipsilateral hypoperfusion in the thalamus and cerebral cortex after a pontine infarct. This resolved within 8 days after onset. Anatomical considerations strongly suggested involvement of the cerebellothalamocortical pathway in this case.
Kuroda
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Houkin
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K
Abe
H
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Mitsumori
K
K
D000368:Aged; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply*; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed