Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions
Depression has recently been associated with lesions in the CNS, particularly with large infarctions in the cerebral hemispheres. We report a patient in whom two episodes of acute depression were related to relapsing paramedian thalamic infarctions, which were accompanied by additional transient mil...
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| description | Depression has recently been associated with lesions in the CNS, particularly with large infarctions in the cerebral hemispheres. We report a patient in whom two episodes of acute depression were related to relapsing paramedian thalamic infarctions, which were accompanied by additional transient mild neuropsychological deficits, hypersomnia and a discrete sensory disturbance of the left face. Thalamic infarctions have been shown to mimic a variety of higher functional deficits, such as aphasias, apraxias and attentional disorders, traditionally associated with hemispheric strokes. We conjecture that the paramedian thalamic infarctions observed in our patient have in a similar manner been responsible for the transient depression. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-51f7155e7d38431bae5c0d17e5d7900d2025-02-03T05:54:24ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841992-01-015212913210.3233/BEN-1992-5210Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic InfarctionsR. W. Baumgartner0T. Landis1M. Regard2Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital, Zürich, SwitzerlandDepression has recently been associated with lesions in the CNS, particularly with large infarctions in the cerebral hemispheres. We report a patient in whom two episodes of acute depression were related to relapsing paramedian thalamic infarctions, which were accompanied by additional transient mild neuropsychological deficits, hypersomnia and a discrete sensory disturbance of the left face. Thalamic infarctions have been shown to mimic a variety of higher functional deficits, such as aphasias, apraxias and attentional disorders, traditionally associated with hemispheric strokes. We conjecture that the paramedian thalamic infarctions observed in our patient have in a similar manner been responsible for the transient depression.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1992-5210 |
| spellingShingle | R. W. Baumgartner T. Landis M. Regard Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions |
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| title_fullStr | Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions |
| title_short | Relapsing Depression in Paramedian Thalamic Infarctions |
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