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An 80-year-old lady develops CVA. She describes unrelenting pain on right side of the body as if somebody poured acid on her. Where is the lesion located?

A
Habenular commissure
B
Internal capsule
C
Pulvinar
D
Ventro-posterolateral nucleus
High-Yield Explanation
Clinical presentation is of thalamic pain syndrome (Dejerine Roussy syndrome) occurs after infarction of the ventroposterolateral (VPL) thalamus.

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