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1/2. Lacunar infarct during pallidotomy: case report.

    A symptomatic lacunar infarct is an unusual complication which may develop during stereotactically guided pallidotomy using radiofrequency thermoablation. We describe a 54-year-old man with Parkinson's disease involving predominantly the right side, progressively deteriorating under medical management. He underwent stereotactically guided radiofrequency thermoablation of the posteroventral globus pallidus interna. Despite intraoperative microelectrode recording and stimulation, the patient developed right facial weakness and pronator drift during the procedure. MRI showed a small lacunar infarct in the left internal capsule, in addition to the appropriately placed ablative lesion. We discuss the potential mechanisms for this type of injury.
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keywords = globus pallidus, pallidus, globus
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2/2. Neuronal activity in the globus pallidus in chorea caused by striatal lacunar infarction.

    pallidotomy was performed in a patient with hemichorea caused by lacunar infarction in the striatum. chorea in the lower limb was reduced after a neurosurgical lesion in the medial portion of the sensorimotor territory of the internal segment of the globus pallidus, and chorea in the upper limb disappeared after an additional lesion in the lateral portion of that same area. Intraoperative neuronal recording revealed that mean firing rates were low, and that firing was irregular in the globus pallidus compared with off-state parkinsonian patients. These results suggest that chorea with striatal infarction is driven by phasic neuronal activity with a low firing rate in the globus pallidus and that the neural pathway of chorea has a functional somatotopical organization in the globus pallidus.
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keywords = globus pallidus, pallidus, globus
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