Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic Pain
A 50-year-old male, known to be hypertensive and non compliant with medications, with a significant past history of stroke three months ago, presented to the hospital with chief complaints of persistent burning sensations in his left arm and leg, as well as his entire face. He also reported episodes...
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| description | A 50-year-old male, known to be hypertensive and non compliant with medications, with a significant past history of stroke three months ago, presented to the hospital with chief complaints of persistent burning sensations in his left arm and leg, as well as his entire face. He also reported episodes of sharp shooting pain in these regions lasting for a few seconds. Additionally, he complained of increased sensitivity to touch and intolerance to any painful stimuli, experiencing pain even upon touch, which caused significant discomfort and led to feelings of depression. These complaints have been present since he had a stroke three months ago, and they have gradually progressed to a stage where the pain has become intolerable. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain performed at the time of the stroke showed a lesion in the ventroposterior lateral thalamic region, leading to the diagnosis of the debilitating condition known as Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, as shown in [Table/Fig-1a-d]. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a760a81d457f4c1ebdebce0d2c8c4fb42025-02-04T11:50:51ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2025-02-011902030410.7860/JCDR/2025/70988.20575Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic PainSaket S Toshniwal0Jiwan Kinkar1Yatika Chadha2Sourya Acharya3Sunil Kumar4Postgraduate Resident, Department of General Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.Professor, Department of Neurology, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.Postgraduate Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.Professor, Department of General Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.Professor, Department of General Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.A 50-year-old male, known to be hypertensive and non compliant with medications, with a significant past history of stroke three months ago, presented to the hospital with chief complaints of persistent burning sensations in his left arm and leg, as well as his entire face. He also reported episodes of sharp shooting pain in these regions lasting for a few seconds. Additionally, he complained of increased sensitivity to touch and intolerance to any painful stimuli, experiencing pain even upon touch, which caused significant discomfort and led to feelings of depression. These complaints have been present since he had a stroke three months ago, and they have gradually progressed to a stage where the pain has become intolerable. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the brain performed at the time of the stroke showed a lesion in the ventroposterior lateral thalamic region, leading to the diagnosis of the debilitating condition known as Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, as shown in [Table/Fig-1a-d].https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/20575/70988_CE[Ra1]_F(IS)_QC_Ref_Pat(PS_IS)_PF1(RI_OM)_PFA_NC(KM)_PN(IS).pdfallodyniacentral painhyperalgesianeuropathic pain |
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| title | Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic Pain |
| title_full | Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic Pain |
| title_fullStr | Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic Pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic Pain |
| title_short | Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome: Understanding Chronic Thalamic Pain |
| title_sort | dejerine roussy syndrome understanding chronic thalamic pain |
| topic | allodynia central pain hyperalgesia neuropathic pain |
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