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"Heart appearance" infarction of the pons: a case report.
[locked-in syndrome]
"
Heart
appearance
"
on
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(
MRI
)
is
a
unique
presentation
of
bilateral
medial
medullary
infarction
.
In
contrast
,
"
heart
appearance
"
infarction
of
the
pons
has
rarely
been
featured
in
the
medical
literature
.
In
this
paper
,
we
present
a
case
of
"
heart
appearance
"
infarction
of
the
pons
with
its
MRI
and
magnetic
resonance
angiography
(
MRA
)
findings
.
The
patient
was
an
87
-
year
-old
male
who
manifested
with
weakness
in
the
four
extremities
.
Later
,
bulbar
palsy
and
tetraplegia
became
apparent
,
and
he
eventually
was
trapped
in
locked-
in
syndrome
.
Brain
MRI
disclosed
a
"
heart
appearance
"
lesion
in
the
pons
,
which
was
high
on
diffusion-weighted
image
MRI
and
low
on
apparent
diffusion
coefficient
map
MRI
.
Brain
MRA
demonstrated
that
the
basilar
artery
remained
intact
.
A
diagnosis
of
fresh
,
bilateral
pontine
infarction
with
a
"
heart
appearance
"
was
made
.
After
the
treatment
he
was
transferred
to
another
hospital
for
long
-term
care
.
This
case
suggests
that
bilateral
ischemic
involvement
of
the
pons
is
possible
even
in
the
context
of
an
intact
basilar
artery
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"weakness"
symptom
achondroplasia
adrenomyeloneuropathy
alexander disease
aniridia
aromatase deficiency
coats disease
congenital toxoplasmosis
epidermolysis bullosa simplex
esophageal adenocarcinoma
familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
familial mediterranean fever
focal myositis
gm1 gangliosidosis
hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
inclusion body myositis
locked-in syndrome
lymphangioleiomyomatosis
malignant atrophic papulosis
neuralgic amyotrophy
pendred syndrome
pleomorphic liposarcoma
pyomyositis
pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
sneddon syndrome
systemic capillary leak syndrome
thoracic outlet syndrome
triple a syndrome
typhoid
von hippel-lindau disease
waldenström macroglobulinemia
werner syndrome
x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
This symptom has already been validated