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Isolated ataxia after pure left insular cortex infarction
- Source :
- Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. 31(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Acute insular infarction, due to its anatomic and functional complexity and wide connections, may present with various clinical presentations, such as somatosensory deficits, gustatory disorder, vestibular-like syndrome, cardiovascular disturbances, neuropsychological disorders, movement disorders, autonomic dysfunction and empathy impairment. However, there was no mention of the symptoms involving the cerebellar system in the related literature. We present a case of pure left insular cortex infarction with isolated truncal ataxia and demonstrate a crucial relationship between the left insular cortex and the cerebellar system. The possible connections are through the spinocerebellar and dentatorubrothalamic pathway. In conclusions, left insular cortex lesions should be considered in the differential diagnosis of isolated truncal ataxia.
- Subjects :
- Brain Infarction
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Ataxia
Movement disorders
Neurology
Infarction
Dermatology
Somatosensory system
Functional Laterality
Diagnosis, Differential
Parietal Lobe
medicine
Humans
Neuropsychology
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Temporal Lobe
body regions
Psychiatry and Mental health
nervous system
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
Psychology
Neuroscience
Insula
Truncal ataxia
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15903478
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e3acda63f3a2f1598ca383be4e28122c