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Tuberothalamic infarction causing a central Horner syndrome with contralateral ataxia and paraphasia

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Abbreviations

TTA:

Tuberothalamic artery

HS:

Horner syndrome

PLIC:

Posterior limb of the internal capsule

OSP:

Oculosympathetic pathway

ACA:

Anterior cerebral artery

PCoA:

Posterior communicans artery

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  1. UZ Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Louvain, Belgium

    Katrien Gieraerts & L. Casselman

  2. Department of Radiology, AZ Sint-Jan, Ruddershove 10, 8000, Brugge, Belgium

    J. W. Casselman

  3. Department of Neurology, AZ Sint-Jan, Ruddershove 10, 8000, Brugge, Belgium

    G. Vanhooren

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Gieraerts, K., Casselman, L., Casselman, J.W. et al. Tuberothalamic infarction causing a central Horner syndrome with contralateral ataxia and paraphasia. Acta Neurol Belg 115, 727–729 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-015-0490-4

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