Cheiro-oral symptoms - Altmeyers Encyclopedia

Definition
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Sensory disturbances in the area of one corner of the mouth and the ipsilateral palm.

Etiopathogenesis
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Mostly vascular cerebral lesions (haemorrhages or infarction).

Clinic
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Unilateral dysaesthesias of the corners of the mouth, dysaesthesias of the ipsilateral palm, mostly vascular lesions in the thalamus, pons or cortex detectable by CT/MR (preferably frontoparietal)

Literature
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Aizawa H et al (2002) Cheiro-oral syndrome due to a midbrain lesion. Neurology 58: 1414
Isono O, Kawamura M, Shiota J et al (1993) Cheiro-oral topography of sensory disturbances due to lesions of thalamocortical projections. Neurology 43: 51-55