Case Report

Bilateral Thalamic Infarction

10.14235/bs.2015.395

  • Gulistan HALAC
  • Pinar TEKTURK
  • Cigdem DENIZ
  • Mehmet KOLUKISA
  • Muhammet Emin OZCAN
  • Talip ASIL

Bezmialem Science 2015;3(1):18-20

Bilateral thalamic infarction is a rare cerebral vascular disease. The most common findings are acute impairment of consciousness, vertical gaze paresis, cognitive disturbances, and abnormal behavioral symptoms. In this paper, we report a case of bilateral thalamic infarction that resulted in abnormal behavior.

Keywords: Behavioral symptoms, unconsciousness, thalamic infarction