descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 Jul 2005 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Neurology, volume 65 (issn: 0028-3878, eissn: 1526-632X,

Authors: Alejandro A. Rabinstein; Sylvia M. Zuniga;

doi: 10.1212/01.wn1.0000173359.07603.91

pmid: 16009874

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Abstract

A 74-year-old man with a history of hypertension and recent multiple abdominal surgeries presented with transient vertical diplopia, left-sided weakness, and persistent left-side numbness. Examination of eye movements and motor system was normal, but he had left hypoesthesia. MRI showed acute right posteromedial thalamic infarction (figure, A). Magnetic resonance angiograms of brain and …

Keywords

Brain Infarction, Male, Heart Diseases, Thrombosis, Mesenteric Arteries, Intestines, Paresis, Fatal Outcome, Sensation Disorders, Diplopia, Humans, Posterior Thalamic Nuclei, Vascular Surgical Procedures, Aged, Ultrasonography

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