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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

A case with bilateral thalamic infarction manifesting mutism - Cerebral blood flow and neural fibers evaluation.

Masahito Katsuki, Norio Narita, Kazuya Sugawara, Siqi Cai, Shinya Shimabukuro, Ohmi Watanabe, Naoya Ishida, Teiji Tominaga

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Masahito KatsukiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Norio NaritaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Kazuya SugawaraDepartment of Radiological Technology, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Siqi CaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Shinya ShimabukuroDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Ohmi WatanabeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Naoya IshidaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kesennuma City Hospital, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan.
Teiji TominagaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Nerima General Hospital · JPTohoku University · JP

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Abstract

backgroundAcute bilateral thalamic infarction is rare, and occlusion of the artery of percheron (AOP) may be one of its reasons. AOP occlusion results in an acute disturbance of consciousness, but mutism due to AOP occlusion is rare. We described a mutism patient with bilateral thalamic infarction presumably due to AOP occlusion. We also performed cerebral blood flow (CBF) evaluation by N-isopropyl-p-[ CASE DESCRIPTION: A 92-year-old woman presented a gradual deterioration of consciousness. Diffusion-weighted images revealed high-intensity areas at the bilateral thalami, and we diagnosed AOP occlusion. We administered a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. On day 14, her Glasgow Coma Scale score was 11 (E4V1M6), and she did not present any apparent paresis. She was mute but cognitively alert, although she could communicate by nodding or facial expression.

conclusionWe reported the bilateral thalamic infarction patient presumably due to AOP occlusion, who presented mutism. The discontinuity of the bilateral DTCs resulted in her mutism, and our results supported the hypothesis that the cerebellum plays a significant role in uttering, associated with the bilateral DTCs.

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Artery of PercheronBilateral thalamic infarctionDentato-thalamo-cortical pathwayDiffusion tensor tractographyN-isopropyl-p-[123I]-iodoamphetamine single-photon emission computed tomography

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