title: Bilateral Thalamic infarct with Neuropsychiatric manifestations.
abstract: Thalamic infarcts presenting predominantly with psychiatric manifestations are rather uncommon. They usually have a constellation of neurological and psychiatric symptoms involving altered consciousness, vertical gaze palsy, motor and sensory symptoms with cognitive deficits involving memory. A middle-aged male with Bilateral Thalamic infarct who presented with prominent delusions and cognitive deficits involving memory, orientation and attention despite treatment is here by reported.
authors.affiliation: DR. ARAVINTHAN.S. Post graduate student, Institute of Mental Health, Medavakkam Tank Road, Chennai - 600 010. drvinthan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aravinthan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muthalagan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murugappan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ponnudurai