Posthemiplegic focal limb dystonia: A report of two cases
CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, cilt.100, sa.1, ss.46-50, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 100 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 1998
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0303-8467(97)00120-0
- Dergi Adı: CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.46-50
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet
Özet
Posthemiplegic focal limb or hemidystonias are rare movement disorders usually due to vascular lesions of the contralateral basal ganglia. The pathogenesis of posthemiplegic dystonia is unknown and its management is usually difficult. In this paper, we report two patients who suffered from a single limb dystonia and hemidystonia, respectively. In the latter patient, hemidystonia developed due to an ischaemic cerebrovascular accident 2 or 3 months after the recovery of hemiplegia. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans showed evidence of contralateral putamen and thalamus infarcts. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.