Table 1. Demographic characteristics, ischemic lesion size and localization on diffusion-weighted images (DWI) as well as frequency of clinical symptoms in isolated thalamic infarction patients with crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) and normal PWI.
All, n = 39 | CCD, n = 9 | Normal PWI, n = 30 | OR; 95%CI | p | |
Age, years (median, IQR) | 72 (63–79) | 75 (67.5–81.5) | 72 (57–76.25) | 0.13 | |
Male sex (n, %) | 20 (41.3) | 3 (33.3) | 17 (56.7) | 0.38; 0.08–1.83 | 0.22 |
Time between onset and MRI, | 325 (241–480) | 343 (106–420) | 321 (244.75–480) | 0.54 | |
minutes (median, IQR) | |||||
DWI lesion size, cm3 (median, IQR) | 0.65 (0.35–0.91) | 0.91 (0.49–1.54) | 0.51 (0.32–0.74) | 0.05 | |
DWI lesion localization (n, %) | |||||
Tuberothalamic artery territory | 5 (12.8) | 3 (33.3) | 2 (3.3) | 0.16 | |
Paramedian artery territory | 17 (43.6) | 4 (44.4) | 13 (43.3) | ||
Inferolateral artery territory | 16 (41.0) | 2 (22.2) | 14 (46.7) | ||
Posterior choroidal artery territory | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 1 (3.3) | ||
Clinical symptoms (n, %) | |||||
Dysarthria | 12 (30.8) | 6 (66.7) | 6 (20.0) | 8.00; 1.54–41.64 | 0.01 |
Hemiparesis | 21 (53.8) | 4 (44.4) | 17 (56.7) | 0.61; 0.14–2.74 | 0.71 |
Hemihypaesthesia | 15 (38.5) | 2 (22.2) | 13 (43.3) | 0.37; 0.07–2.11 | 0.44 |
Hemiataxia | 6 (15.4) | 2 (22.2) | 4 (13.3) | 1.86; 0.28–12.31 | 0.61 |