Secondary Degeneration of the Ipsilateral Thalamus and Substantia Nigra Following Cerebral Infarction in the Striatum
- Author:
Jiwoong KIM
1
;
Joonyup KIM
;
Kwon Duk SEO
;
Sunjung HAN
;
Ilhong SON
;
Sung Ik LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Cerebral infarction; Substantia nigra; Thalamus
- MeSH: Aged; Cerebral Infarction; Humans; Infarction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Stroke; Substantia Nigra; Thalamus
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2018;36(3):203-206
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Secondary degeneration after ischemic stroke has been demonstrated by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. We report a 77-year-old man with striatal infarction followed by multifocal degeneration that developed in a stepwise manner at the ipsilateral substantia nigra and thalamus on diffusion-weighted images obtained at 4 weeks, 6 weeks and 20 weeks after onset. We also review the underlying pathophysiology and its clinical meanings.
