TRANSIENT IPSILATERAL BLOOD-FLOW REDUCTION IN THE THALAMUS AND CEREBRAL-CORTEX AFTER PONTINE INFARCTION

Authors
KURODA S HOUKIN K ABE H MITSUMORI K
Citation
S. Kuroda et al., TRANSIENT IPSILATERAL BLOOD-FLOW REDUCTION IN THE THALAMUS AND CEREBRAL-CORTEX AFTER PONTINE INFARCTION, Neuroradiology, 38(3), 1996, pp. 239-242
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
239 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1996)38:3<239:TIBRIT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Remote cerebral hypoperfusion associated with pontine lesions is rare, We describe a patient who showed transient ipsilateral hypoperfusion in the thalamus and cerebral cortex after a pontine infarct, This reso lved within 8 days after onset. Anatomical considerations strongly sug gested involvement of the cerebellothalamocortical pathway in this cas e.