When Should Brain Imaging be Performed?: A Case Report of Caudate Nucleus Infarct.
A 21-year-old man presented in a state of delirium with compulsive, pathologic laughter and no focal neurologic findings. Brain imaging revealed a lenticulostriate artery infarct of the caudate nucleus. The absence of neurological signs made the diagnosis difficult, but the presence of delirium was a clue to the existence of structural brain disease.
Lee
Sangsoo
S
Dr. Lee is from the Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Gangneung Hospital, South Korea.
Kim
Dae Yoon
DY
Kim
Jung Soo
JS
Manda
Sainath
S
Danilov
Lilia
L
El-Refai
Mostafa
M
Lippmann
Steven
S
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