Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia

The authors report the case of a 50 year-old hypertensive male patient with a pontine hematoma. The clinical presentation was characterized by pure pyramidal deficit signs (no other signs or symptoms were present). A pure hemiplegia syndrome, although common in supratentorial lesions, is considered...

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Main Authors: MILAGRES ANTONIO CARLOS DE PÁDUA, ALÓE FLÁVIO, LIMONGI JOÃO CARLOS PAPATERRA
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1998-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000100023
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description The authors report the case of a 50 year-old hypertensive male patient with a pontine hematoma. The clinical presentation was characterized by pure pyramidal deficit signs (no other signs or symptoms were present). A pure hemiplegia syndrome, although common in supratentorial lesions, is considered to be a rare event in pontine vascular lesions. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of these neurological findings are unclear. The exclusive involvement of the pyramidal tract in this case is likely due to a variation in the vascular anatomy of the pons but, in some cases, a vascular malformation may be the cause.
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spelling doaj-art-2d12dfff0d3d47b4b9ad612eccf1eb252025-08-20T02:01:34ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria0004-282X1678-42271998-01-01561129132Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegiaMILAGRES ANTONIO CARLOS DE PÁDUAALÓE FLÁVIOLIMONGI JOÃO CARLOS PAPATERRAThe authors report the case of a 50 year-old hypertensive male patient with a pontine hematoma. The clinical presentation was characterized by pure pyramidal deficit signs (no other signs or symptoms were present). A pure hemiplegia syndrome, although common in supratentorial lesions, is considered to be a rare event in pontine vascular lesions. The pathophysiologic mechanisms of these neurological findings are unclear. The exclusive involvement of the pyramidal tract in this case is likely due to a variation in the vascular anatomy of the pons but, in some cases, a vascular malformation may be the cause.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000100023pontine hemorrhagepyramidal syndromepure hemiplegia
spellingShingle MILAGRES ANTONIO CARLOS DE PÁDUA
ALÓE FLÁVIO
LIMONGI JOÃO CARLOS PAPATERRA
Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
pontine hemorrhage
pyramidal syndrome
pure hemiplegia
title Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia
title_full Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia
title_fullStr Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia
title_full_unstemmed Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia
title_short Pontine tegmentum hematoma: report of a case with pure hemiplegia
title_sort pontine tegmentum hematoma report of a case with pure hemiplegia
topic pontine hemorrhage
pyramidal syndrome
pure hemiplegia
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000100023
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