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A clinical conundrum: Unilateral decerebrate rigidity
Author(s) -
Bowsher David
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1998)11:4<282::aid-ca10>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , decerebrate state , spinal cord , rigidity (electromagnetism) , closed head injury , spinal cord injury , anatomy , spinal column , vertebral column , surgery , electric stimulation , structural engineering , stimulation , psychiatry , engineering , traumatic brain injury
A case is described in which, following a motorcycle accident resulting in a closed head injury, a young woman was rendered unconscious. On examination she was found to have unilateral decerebrate rigidity. Further clinical and radiological examination revealed that there was no damage to the limbs, vertebral column, or spinal cord. Readers are expected to be able to make an anatomical diagnosis on the basis of the facts presented. Clin. Anat. 11:282–283, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.