Confabulations after Bilateral Consecutive Strokes of the Lenticulostriate Arteries

Abstract

We describe the case of a 75-year-old woman who manifested persistent confabulations after two consecutive strokes encompassing the area of the lenticulostriate arteries territory on both hemispheres. Findings reported on this rare clinical syndrome suggest that fantastic confabulations and delusional thoughts may arise after bilateral damage of subcortical nonthalamic structures.

Keywords

• Confabulation
• Delusion
• Lenticulostriate arteries
• Anterograde memory
• Caudate nucleus
• Stroke