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Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report
BACKGROUND: We report on a patient who appeared to show recovery of an injured anterior cingulum via an aberrant neural tract between an injured cingulum and the basalis nucleus of Meynert following traumatic brain injury (TBI), which was demonstrated on diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). METHODS:...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5044887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27661017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004686 |
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author | Jang, Sung Ho Seo, Jeong Pyo |
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description | BACKGROUND: We report on a patient who appeared to show recovery of an injured anterior cingulum via an aberrant neural tract between an injured cingulum and the basalis nucleus of Meynert following traumatic brain injury (TBI), which was demonstrated on diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). METHODS: A 47-year-old male who had suffered a pedestrian traffic accident underwent conservative management for diffuse traumatic axonal injury. When starting rehabilitation at 6 weeks after onset, evaluation using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) could not be performed due to the severity of his cognitive dysfunction. The patient showed improvement of cognitive dysfunction on MMSE with 10 at 2 months, 13 at 6 months, and 26 at 10 months after onset. RESULTS: On 6-week DTT, discontinuation superior to the genu of the corpus callosum was observed in both cingulums. However, on 6-month DTT, the discontinued anterior part of the right cingulum was elongated anteriorly, not through the cingulum, but through the anterolateral subcortical white matter of the cingulum, while on 10-month DTT, this elongated neural tract of the right cingulum was connected to the right basalis nucleus of Meynert in the basal forebrain. CONCLUSION: Recovery of an injured anterior cingulum via an aberrant neural tract between an injured cingulum and Ch 4 was demonstrated in a patient with TBI. Our result appears to suggest a mechanism for recovery of an injured cingulum following brain injury. |
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spelling | pubmed-50448872016-10-06 Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report Jang, Sung Ho Seo, Jeong Pyo Medicine (Baltimore) 5300 BACKGROUND: We report on a patient who appeared to show recovery of an injured anterior cingulum via an aberrant neural tract between an injured cingulum and the basalis nucleus of Meynert following traumatic brain injury (TBI), which was demonstrated on diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). METHODS: A 47-year-old male who had suffered a pedestrian traffic accident underwent conservative management for diffuse traumatic axonal injury. When starting rehabilitation at 6 weeks after onset, evaluation using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) could not be performed due to the severity of his cognitive dysfunction. The patient showed improvement of cognitive dysfunction on MMSE with 10 at 2 months, 13 at 6 months, and 26 at 10 months after onset. RESULTS: On 6-week DTT, discontinuation superior to the genu of the corpus callosum was observed in both cingulums. However, on 6-month DTT, the discontinued anterior part of the right cingulum was elongated anteriorly, not through the cingulum, but through the anterolateral subcortical white matter of the cingulum, while on 10-month DTT, this elongated neural tract of the right cingulum was connected to the right basalis nucleus of Meynert in the basal forebrain. CONCLUSION: Recovery of an injured anterior cingulum via an aberrant neural tract between an injured cingulum and Ch 4 was demonstrated in a patient with TBI. Our result appears to suggest a mechanism for recovery of an injured cingulum following brain injury. Wolters Kluwer Health 2016-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5044887/ /pubmed/27661017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004686 Text en Copyright © 2016 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
spellingShingle | 5300 Jang, Sung Ho Seo, Jeong Pyo Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title | Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_full | Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_fullStr | Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_short | Recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: A case report |
title_sort | recovery of an injured cingulum via an aberrant neural tract in a patient with traumatic brain injury: a case report |
topic | 5300 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5044887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27661017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004686 |
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