Pseudoradicular Syndrome

Pseudoradicular Syndrome

Thalamic lesions may sometimes cause contralateral sensory symptoms in an apparent radicular (e.g., C8) distribution. If associated with perioral sensory symptoms this may be known as the cheiro-oral syndrome.

References

Kim JS. Restricted acral sensory syndrome following minor stroke: further observations with special reference to differential severity of symptoms among individual digits. Stroke 1994; 25: 2497-2502