Long-Term Prognosis after Left Tuberothalamic Infarction: A Study of 7 Cases
| Autor: | Leena Valanne, Ritva Laaksonen, Laura Hokkanen, Mervi Kotila |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Infarction medicine.disease Hemiparesis Neurology Physical therapy Medicine Anxiety Dementia Neurology (clinical) Verbal memory medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Depression (differential diagnoses) Paresis |
| Zdroj: | Cerebrovascular Diseases. 4:44-50 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9786 1015-9770 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000108449 |
| Popis: | The long-term prognosis after left tuberothalamic infarction was studied in a selected group of 7 patients who had memory disturbances sufficiently severe to warrant neuropsychological consultation and rehabilitation. The mean age of the patients was 46.7 ± 5.6 years and the mean follow-up time 22.3 ± 15.0 months. At the acute stage 4 patients had dysphasia, 1 hemiparesis, and 1 vertical gaze paresis. These improved well. All 7 had memory disturbances, which remained the dominant disability. Four patients had severe behavioral symptoms (psychosis, depression, anxiety) at the acute stage. The most common residual behavioral symptoms were inactivity and depression. At the end of rehabilitation (mean 15.4 months) clear residual disturbances in verbal memory and learning were still observed. These prevented return to work in all but 1 case. No case of true dementia was found. |
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