In:
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, Hindawi Limited, Vol. 2018 ( 2018), p. 1-3
Abstract:
We report an unusual clinical manifestation of ischemic stroke with acute right-sided asterixis affecting the arm as well as the leg due to a lesion in the left posterior limb of the internal capsula. After treatment with intravenous thrombolysis the patient made a good recovery. Notably, in this case unilateral asterixis affected the arm as well as the leg, resulting in postural and gait instability. In addition, damage in the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical network, as in our patient, has to be distinguished from other supratentorial causes of acute asterixis like thalamic or frontal lobe lesions linked to the cerebello-brainstem-thalamo-frontal lobe circuits.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2090-6668
,
2090-6676
DOI:
10.1155/2018/3946380
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hindawi Limited
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2629909-4
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