Table 1.
First author, Year of publication | Location of brain abscess | Involvement of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical and/or dento-rubro-olivary pathway | Involvement of the nigro-striatal pathway |
---|---|---|---|
Lekoubou A, | - Right posterior thalamus - Internal capsule |
Yes | No/hypothetical |
Strecker K, 2006 | - Left midbrain | Yes | Yes |
Pezzini A, 2002 | - Left frontal superior gyrus, - Inferior parietal lobule, - right thalamus, - right midbrain |
Yes | Yes |
Mattos JP, 2002 | - Left midbrain - Left cerebellar hemisphere |
Yes | Yes |
Micheli F, 1997 | - Left posterior thalamus - Posterior arm of internal capsule |
Yes | No/Hypothetical |
Koppel S, 1990 | - Left midbrain - Left frontal white matter |
Yes | Yes |
Radio-clinical correlations and possible role of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical and/or dento-rubro-olivary and nigro-striatal pathways.