An 80-year-old lady develops CVA. She describes unrelenting pain on right side of the body as if somebody poured acid on her. Where is the lesion located?
Clinical presentation is of thalamic pain syndrome (Dejerine Roussy syndrome) occurs after infarction of the ventroposterolateral (VPL) thalamus.
Habenular commissure
Internal capsule
Pulvinar
Ventro-posterolateral nucleus
Stroke and TIA