NBME 21 Answers : Block 4 : #49 = A 76-year-old man comes to the physician because of ...

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I think you can know that this is a thalamic stroke rather than cortical because a cortical stroke occurring only in the postcentral gyrus (primary sensory cortex) and involving the entire homunculus without affecting the nearby precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex) is very unlikely.

sahusema Ya I think this question is trying to test your knowledge between a cortical lesion and a subcortical lesion. +

cienfuegos Central Stroke Syndrome: Neuropathic pain due to thalamic lesions. Initial paresthesias followed in weeks to months by allodynia (ordinarily painless stimuli cause pain) and dysesthesia on the contralateral side. Occurs in 10% of stroke patients. FA 2018 499 +1