Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature

We present the case of a 63-year-old male patient who suffered bilateral ageusia following a unilateral left-sided mesencephalon infarct. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a mesencephalon lesion leading to ageusia. We discuss the literature on this rare but important sym...

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Autores principales: Saleh, Christian, Negoias, Simona, Wagner, Franca, Mono, Marie-Luise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29681824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000487299
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description We present the case of a 63-year-old male patient who suffered bilateral ageusia following a unilateral left-sided mesencephalon infarct. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a mesencephalon lesion leading to ageusia. We discuss the literature on this rare but important symptom following a stroke.
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spelling pubmed-59031272018-04-20 Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature Saleh, Christian Negoias, Simona Wagner, Franca Mono, Marie-Luise Case Rep Neurol Case Report We present the case of a 63-year-old male patient who suffered bilateral ageusia following a unilateral left-sided mesencephalon infarct. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a mesencephalon lesion leading to ageusia. We discuss the literature on this rare but important symptom following a stroke. S. Karger AG 2018-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5903127/ /pubmed/29681824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000487299 Text en Copyright © 2018 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
title Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
title_full Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
title_short Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature
title_sort bilateral ageusia and tongue anesthesia following unilateral brainstem infarct: a case report with a brief review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29681824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000487299
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