Symptomatic hemidystonia of delayed onset. Magnetic resonance demonstration of pathology in the putamen and the caudate nucleus
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 79 (1), 27-31
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1989.tb03705.x
Abstract
We present a case of symptomatic hemidystonia of delayed onset. The primary disease was a perinatal, presumed cerebrovascular infarction brought about by febrille illness with convulsions 12 weeks after partus. After many years without neurological symptoms, the hemidystonia started in adolescence, and became stationary after 4 years of milk progression. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed atrophy of the right striatum including the caudate nucleus and putamen. The symptoms responded moderately to treatment with benzhexol.Keywords
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