title: Rotational vertigo associated with putaminal infarction.
abstract: A 57-year-old man was admitted because of left hemiparesis. A magnetic resonance imaging scan of the brain revealed a recent infarct from the dorsal side of the right putamen to the corona radiata. Three hours after onset, he complained of rotational vertigo. Truncal ataxia was also found on standing a few days later, which persisted until the chronic phase. Repeat magnetic resonance imaging scans on days 2 and 11 revealed no additional lesions. The present case indicates that rotational vertigo might result from a small, supratentorial, subcortical lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan. nakazima04@gmail.com
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inatomi
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yonehara
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchino
mesh_terms: D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology; D020144:Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D011699:Putamen / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014717:Vertigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation