A Review of 5 Patients with Pure Sensory Stroke Syndrome

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 11(3); 1993 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1993;11(3): 415-420.

순수 감각성 뇌졸중 환자 5례에 대한 검토

황선출, 박규현,김거형,구벽수,정대수,최문성,김상욱

메리놀병원 신경과. 부산대학교 신경과.

A Review of 5 Patients with Pure Sensory Stroke Syndrome

Soon-Chool Hwang, M.D., Kyu-Hyun Park, M.D., Geo-Hyoung Kim, M.D., Byeog-Soo Koo, M.D., Dae-Su Jung, M.D., Mun-Seung Choi, M.D., Sang-Wook Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Maryknoll Hospital, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine Pusan National University

Abstract

Pure sensory stroke (PSS), first described by Fisher in 1965, is a clinical condition characterized by numbness and paresthesia of the face, arm and trunk on one side, in absence of other neurologic deficit. PSS could arise anywhere along the sensory system from the cerebral cortex to the medulla. The authors experienced 5 patients with PSS: one patient had a hemorrhage on the thalamocortical pathway including the internal capsule and the corona radiata. Two another had thalarnic lesions. The fourth had a pontine hemorrhage with perioral onionpeel distributed face sensor- involvement. And the last had a pontine lacune involving crossed trigeminothalamic tract and lateral spinothalamic tract.