Left thalamus infarction in the thalamotuberal artery perfusion area causing subcortical diaschisis and transcortical sensory aphasia

J Neurol Sci. 2020 Apr 15:411:116708. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116708. Epub 2020 Jan 25.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: kmatsuzono51@jichi.ac.jp.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.

PMID: 32004799
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.116708

No abstract available

Keywords: Ischemic symptoms; Single-photon emission computed tomography; Thalamotuberal artery; Thalamus; Transcortical sensory aphasia.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aphasia, Wernicke*
Arteries
Humans
Infarction / complications
Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Perfusion
Thalamus* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon