Neuropsychological manifestations in a case of bilateral thalamic infarction
| Autor: | R. A. Mackenzie, Tanya Lye, Steve Vucic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Cerebral veins
Adult Brain Infarction Male medicine.medical_specialty Tomography Scanners X-Ray Computed Infarction Neuropsychological Tests Thalamus Physiology (medical) Internal medicine medicine Factor V Leiden Humans cardiovascular diseases Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Problem Solving Memory Disorders business.industry Vascular disease Cerebral infarction Verbal Behavior Electroencephalography General Medicine medicine.disease Thrombosis Venous thrombosis Neurology Anesthesia Cardiology Surgery Neurology (clinical) Intracranial Thrombosis business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. 10(2) |
| ISSN: | 0967-5868 |
| Popis: | Neuropsychological manifestation has been reported with lesions of the anterior and non-specific thalamic nuclei and mammilothalamic tract (MMT). These have been reported in the setting of arterial infarction and/or haemorrhage. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) is a rare cause of brain infarction. It occurs in the setting of oral contraceptive administration or pregnancy. Inherited thrombophilias are documented risk factors. The most frequent being heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation. We report a single case of bilateral thalamic infarction due to cerebral vein and sinus thrombosis. Clinically the case manifested with memory impairment and dysexecutive symptoms. Predisposing factor for venous thrombosis was a homozygous factor V Leiden mutation. The patient was treated with anticoagulation and made a good recovery. |
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