Unilateral thalamic stroke: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Unilateral thalamic stroke: clinical features. Hemisensory loss, Hemiparaesthesia, Numb chin syndrome. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Sensory features
- Hemisensory loss
- Hemiparaesthesia
- Numb chin syndrome
- Isolated finger dysaesthesia
- Isolated hemifacial numbness
- Facio-brachio-crural sensory impairment
- Cheiro-oral syndrome: contralateral hand and hemi-mouth sensory disturbance
- Thalamic pain: it may be cramp-like
- Flank allodynia
Pseudocortical sensory features
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Motor features
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Bulbar features
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Cognitive features
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Psychiatric features
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Ophthalmic features
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Movement disorders: major types
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Movement disorders: other types
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Other features
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References
- Griffin AS, Mariano R, Hauck SK, Hauck EF. Inferolateral thalamic ischemia secondary to PCA P2 perforator occlusion mimics MCA stroke syndrome. Neurosurg Rev 2020; 43:339-342.
- Schmahmann JD. Vascular syndromes of the thalamus. Stroke 2003; 34:2264-2278.
- Kumral E, Deveci EE, Çolak AY, Çağında AD, Erdoğan C. Multiple variant type thalamic infarcts: pure and combined types. Acta Neurol Scand 2015; 131:102-110.
- Paciaroni M, Bogousslavsky J. Pure sensory syndromes in thalamic stroke. Eur Neurol 1998; 39:211-217.
- Rimmele F, Maschke H, Großmann A, Jürgens TP. A case report: numb Chin Syndrome due to thalamic infarction: a rare case. BMC Neurol 2019; 19:303.
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