This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Stroke and TIA, Subject name: Medicine
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? 
Select and explain. 
A. Habenular commissure, B. Internal capsule, C. Pulvinar, D. Ventro-posterolateral nucleus
D: Ventro-posterolateral nucleus
Answer: D: Ventro-posterolateral nucleus 
Explanation: Clinical presentation is of thalamic pain syndrome (Dejerine Roussy syndrome) occurs after infarction of the ventroposterolateral (VPL) thalamus.