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Case Reports
. 2023 Mar 6:17:1139537.
doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1139537. eCollection 2023.

Acupuncture for the treatment of thalamencephalic and mesencephalic injury secondary to electrical trauma: A case report

Hailun Jiang  1   2   3 , Yi Zhang  1   3 , Jieying Zhang  1   2   3 , Boxuan Li  1   2   3 , Weiming Zhu  1   2   3 , Chaoda Liu  1   2   3 , Shizhe Deng  1   3 , Yuzheng Du  1   3 , Zhihong Meng  1   3
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Acupuncture for the treatment of thalamencephalic and mesencephalic injury secondary to electrical trauma: A case report

Hailun Jiang et al. Front Neurosci. .

Abstract

In a case of thalamencephalic and mesencephalic injury secondary to electrical trauma, a 29-year-old patient has been receiving manual acupuncture for 17 months in National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion. As a result of treatment, the patient's self-care ability and quality of life have greatly improved. In order to fully understand how acupuncture can benefit neurological sequelae resulting from electrical trauma, further research is needed. Additionally, there should be consideration given to the promotion of acupuncture therapy in the neurological sequelae of electric shock.

Keywords: acupuncture; brain injury; central nervous system disease; cerebral infarction; electrical trauma; neurological sequelae.

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Figure 1
MRA revealed the artery's condition. (A) Localized stenosis of P1 segment of bilateral posterior cerebral arteries. (B) Slender right vertebral artery. (C) Localized stenosis in the A2 segment of the bilateral anterior cerebral artery.
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Figure 2
MRI revealed abnormal signals in the midbrain and thalamus. (A) The axial scanning of MRI revealed bilateral thalamic infarcts (DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging). (B) The axial scanning of MRI revealed Mesencephalic infarction (DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging). (C) The sagittal scanning of MRI revealed Mesencephalic infarction(T2-weighted MR images).
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Figure 3
The selected acupoints.
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