Disappearance of resting tremor after thalamic stroke involving the territory of the tuberothalamic artery.
Disappearance of resting tremor was observed in a 76-year-old patient with Parkinson's disease after a contralateral thalamic infarct involving the territory of the tuberothalamic artery. Based on the analysis of surgical data of Parkinson's disease patients, this might be explained by the lesion of the ventral lateral nucleus, which is supplied by the inferolateral and tuberothalamic arteries. Thalamic infarction in the territory of the tuberothalamic artery as well as the inferolateral artery can produce amelioration of tremor.
Choi
Seong-Min
SM
Department of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Republic of Korea. movement@chonnam.ac.kr
Lee
Seung-Han
SH
Park
Man-Seok
MS
Kim
Byeong-Chae
BC
Kim
Myeong-Kyu
MK
Cho
Ki-Hyun
KH
D000368:Aged; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D020521:Stroke / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014202:Tremor / Q000209:etiology*