title: Bilateral thalamic pain secondary to bilateral thalamic infarcts relieved by a further unilateral ischaemic episode.
abstract: This study reports a patient with severe, debilitating bilateral thalamic pain caused by bilateral thalamic infarcts. The authors consider it to be a unique case as a further clinically unilateral lesion led to pain relief bilaterally.
authors.affiliation: Dementia Research Group, Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cordery
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rossor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*