Bilateral hypogeusia and food aversion due to lacunar infarct in the right dorsomedial pontine tegmentum.
Neurocase
; 30(2): 55-62, 2024 04.
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ABSTRACT
A 70-year-old right-handed housewife suffered an acute loss of taste, an unpleasant change in the taste of foods and liquids, and a strong aversion to all kinds of food due to a small lacune in the right dorsomedial pontine tegmentum. Eating became so unpleasant that she lost 7 kg in three weeks. Olfaction and the sensibility of the tongue were spared. The right medial longitudinal fascicle, the central tegmental tract, or both, were injured by the tegmental lesion. A discrete right-sided lesion in the upper pontine tegmentum may cause a reversible syndrome consisting of bilateral hypogeusia which is more severe ipsilaterally.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ageusia
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral Lacunar
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Tegmento Pontino
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurocase
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil