Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images

Unilateral taste loss is usually observed on the side contralateral to a thalamic infarction, despite gustatory function being represented bilaterally. We report a rare case of bilateral taste loss in a patient with an acute left unilateral thalamic infarction, with unilateral left insular hypometab...

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Autores principales: Kim, J. E., Song, Hyunseok, Jeong, Jee H., Choi, Kyoung-Gyu, Na, Duk L.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurological Association 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19513286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2007.3.3.161
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author Kim, J. E.
Song, Hyunseok
Jeong, Jee H.
Choi, Kyoung-Gyu
Na, Duk L.
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Song, Hyunseok
Jeong, Jee H.
Choi, Kyoung-Gyu
Na, Duk L.
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description Unilateral taste loss is usually observed on the side contralateral to a thalamic infarction, despite gustatory function being represented bilaterally. We report a rare case of bilateral taste loss in a patient with an acute left unilateral thalamic infarction, with unilateral left insular hypometabolism demonstrated by statistical parametric map analysis of PET images. Our observations suggest that the left insular cortex and left ventroposteromedial thalamic nuclei are critical to bilateral gustatory sensation.
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spelling pubmed-26868422009-06-09 Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images Kim, J. E. Song, Hyunseok Jeong, Jee H. Choi, Kyoung-Gyu Na, Duk L. J Clin Neurol Case Report Unilateral taste loss is usually observed on the side contralateral to a thalamic infarction, despite gustatory function being represented bilaterally. We report a rare case of bilateral taste loss in a patient with an acute left unilateral thalamic infarction, with unilateral left insular hypometabolism demonstrated by statistical parametric map analysis of PET images. Our observations suggest that the left insular cortex and left ventroposteromedial thalamic nuclei are critical to bilateral gustatory sensation. Korean Neurological Association 2007-09 2007-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2686842/ /pubmed/19513286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2007.3.3.161 Text en Copyright © 2007 Korean Neurological Association
spellingShingle Case Report
Kim, J. E.
Song, Hyunseok
Jeong, Jee H.
Choi, Kyoung-Gyu
Na, Duk L.
Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images
title Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images
title_full Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images
title_fullStr Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images
title_short Bilateral Ageusia in a Patient with a Left Ventroposteromedial Thalamic Infarct: Cortical Localization of Taste Sensation by Statistical Parametric Mapping Analysis of PET Images
title_sort bilateral ageusia in a patient with a left ventroposteromedial thalamic infarct: cortical localization of taste sensation by statistical parametric mapping analysis of pet images
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19513286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2007.3.3.161
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