Review Article

Combined Parietal-Insular-Striatal Cortex Stroke with New-Onset Hallucinations: Supporting the Salience Network Model of Schizophrenia

Table 3

Gross pathology and volumetric characteristics of the different brain regions of the patient on MRI.

Brain regionsVolume and gross pathology commentsReference range

Parietal cortexPathology consistent with stroke, total volume (13200 and 13000 cubic mm, respectively, right and left), superior parietal lobe volume loss (24080 cubic mm right and 23900 cubic mm left), posterior cingulate gyrus (28100 cubic mm right and 27800 cubic mm)Total volume reference range 14500-14600 cubic mm, superior parietal lobe reference range 28085-28100 cubic mm, posterior cingulate gyrus (31400-31500 cubic mm)
Insular cortexPathology consistent with stroke, volume 4800 cubic mm right and 4690 cubic mm leftReference range 7400-7600 cubic mm
Subcortical structuresPathology consistent with ischemic changes in striatal structures and white matter/lacunar changesā€‰
Frontal cortexNo volume loss in frontal cortex grey matter and no white matter changes, grey matter volume 133803 cubic mm right and 133811 cubic mm leftReference range 133800-13400 cubic mm
Occipital cortexNo volume loss in occipital cortex grey matter and no white matter changes, grey matter volume 48788 cubic mm right and 48801 cubic mm leftReference range 48700-48100 cubic mm
Temporal cortexNo volume loss in temporal cortex grey matter and no white matter changes, grey matter volume 127100 cubic mm right and 127125 cubic mm leftReference range 127000-127200 cubic mm
HippocampusNo volume loss (2900 cubic mm right and 2910 cubic mm left)Reference range 2800-2950 cubic mm
ThalamusNo volume loss (7438 cubic mm right and 7390 cubic mm left)Reference range 7300-7450 cubic mm