Involuntary tonic spasms of a limb due to a brain stem lacunar infarction. | Zendy

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Involuntary tonic spasms of a limb due to a brain stem lacunar infarction.

Author(s) -

David K. Kaufman,

Robert D. Brown,

William E. Karnes

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.1.217

Subject(s) - medicine , tonic (physiology) , infarction , basal ganglia , pons , cerebral infarction , abnormality , magnetic resonance imaging , hemiparesis , cardiology , anesthesia , surgery , ischemia , central nervous system , radiology , lesion , psychiatry , myocardial infarction

Although repetitive involuntary movements are a well-recognized manifestation of carotid occlusive disease, similar movements have not been reported with a lacunar infarction outside of the basal ganglia or subthalamic nucleus. We describe a man with tonic spasms associated with a lacunar infarction in the right ventral pons.

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