Title: Radiologic and Clinical Feature of Corpus Callosal Infarction
Abstract: Objective To study incidence,imaging characters,etiological factor,clinical manifestion and prognosis of corpus callosal infarction.Methods Retrospective analysis was undertaken in 33 cases with corpus callosal infarction,hospitalized from April 2006 to April 2010.Results The incidence of corpus callosum infarction was 2.05%,which showed a high incidence rate at the age of the 62.5±8.93 years.The major risk factors included hypertension,hyperlipoidemia and diabetes.Hemiplegia was the most common manifestation.Typical callosal disconnection syndrome was rare.Imaging showed that:the main sites of infarction were body and splenium,basal ganglia,centrum semiovale were also involved.After treatment,limb motor function was improved in 22 patients,conscious disturbance aggravated in 5 patients,no improvement in 6 patients.Conclusion Corpus callosum infarction morbidity was low.The clinical manifestations of corpus callosal infarction were complicated,and cerebral MRI was helpful to localize the site of the lesions in corpus callosal.Merely corpus callosal infarction was better prognosis.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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