Bilateral Ageusia and Tongue Anesthesia Following Unilateral Brainstem Infarct: A Case Report with a Brief Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Case Rep Neurol

Publisher Karger

Specialty Neurology

Date 2018 Apr 24

PMID 29681824

Authors

Christian Saleh

Simona Negoias

Franca Wagner

Marie-Luise Mono

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Abstract

We present the case of a 63-year-old male patient who suffered bilateral ageusia following a unilateral left-sided mesencephalon infarct. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first description of a mesencephalon lesion leading to ageusia. We discuss the literature on this rare but important symptom following a stroke.

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