Fluctuating gustatory disturbance and ophthalmodynia heralding the onset of a paramedian pontine infarction |
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Authors: | Neil G Simon Stephen TischJoga Chaganti Romesh Markus |
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Institution: | a Department of Neurology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales 2010, Australia b Department of Radiology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia |
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Abstract: | Lasting taste disturbance has been previously reported as a consequence of brainstem infarction, but there are no previous reports of transient gustatory sensations preceding the onset of stroke. Ophthalmodynia, presenting as “salt-and-pepper” eye pain, has been reported rarely. We present a 58-year-old right-handed woman who had fluctuating ophthalmodynia and taste disturbance immediately preceding a left paramedian pontine infarction. We discuss the neuroanatomical basis of taste in reference to this presentation. |
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Keywords: | Dysgeusia Ophthalmodynia Pons Stroke Taste disorders |
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