Both somatosensory (SSEPs) and brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) were recorded in 3 patients with localized lesions in the thalamus or brain-stem. In one patient with a right thalamic cystic tumour there was a significant interhemispheric difference in the central conduction time (CCT), but the N14-P15 interval was not affected on either side and BAEPs showed normal wave latencies and interpeak latencies (IPLs). The second patient had a colloid cyst of the third ventricle in which central herniation had occurred resulting in 'locked-in' syndrome. The P15 peak was absent on one side and markedly prolonged in latency on the other. BAEPs showed neither wave IV nor V on either side. The third patient had compression of the right posterior rostral pons by a metastatic tumour, resulting in significant prolongation of the CCT on the side of the tumour because of increase in the N14-P15 interval. Both I-V and III-V interpeak latencies were significantly prolonged bilaterally without prolongation in I-III IPL in this case. There was a correlation between the electrophysiological abnormalities of P15 and of BAEP wave V. These results suggest that the origin of the P15, which is usually recorded as a far-field potential, may be in the subthalamus or the upper part of the brain-stem.
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