Open AccessThe protruded pinky finger is a sign of pyramidal insufficiency
Author(s) -
E. S. Stankevich
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj81115
Subject(s) - paresis , weakness , sign (mathematics) , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , psychology , surgery , mathematical analysis , mathematics
In psychiatry, as it is known, the diagnosis is based mainly on results of conversations and observations of behavior of patients and the course of the disease. During more than 45 years of work as a psychiatrist I have observed many patients with disorders accompanied by pyramidal insufficiency on the basis of cerebral circulatory disorders. When examining them, there was a sign of weakness of adduction of the little finger due to paresis of its adductor muscle - segment C8.