Bilateral thalamic lesions

Evidence-based neurology checklist on bilateral thalamic lesions: Vascular causes Artery of Percheron stroke Top of the basilar syndrome Cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT) Vein of Galen thrombosis Hypoxic ischaemia Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) Dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)…

Vascular causes

  • Artery of Percheron stroke
  • Top of the basilar syndrome
  • Cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT)
  • Vein of Galen thrombosis
  • Hypoxic ischaemia
  • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
  • Dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF)
  • Venous infarction
  • Hypotensive infarction

Toxic causes

Acquired metabolic causes

Inherited metabolic causes

Degenerative causes

Infective causes

Inflammatory causes

Neoplastic causes

References

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  2. Smith AB, Smirnniotopoulos JG, Rushing EJ, Goldstein SJ. Bilateral thalamic lesions. Am J Roentgenol 2009; 192:W53-W62.
  3. Özgür A, Esen K, Kaleağası H, Yılmaz A, Kara E, Yıldız A. Bilateral thalamic lesions: a pictorial review. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol 2017; 61:353-360.
  4. Jiménez Caballero PE. Bilateral paramedian thalamic artery infarcts: report of 10 cases. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2010; 19:283-289.
  5. de Medeiros FC, de Albuquerque LA. Differential diagnosis in bilateral thalamic infarct: clinical and radiological aspects. Acta Neurol Belg 2015; 115:367-369.
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