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
Answer is D. Clinical presentation is of thalamic pain syndrome (Dejerine Roussy syndrome) occurs after infarction of the ventroposterolateral (VPL) thalamus.