Acute pathological laughter.
| Autor: | Okuda DT; Division of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94117, USA. okuda_md@yahoo.com, Chyung AS, Chin CT, Waubant E |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society [Mov Disord] 2005 Oct; Vol. 20 (10), pp. 1389-90. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mds.20607 |
| Abstrakt: | Pseudobulbar affect is a condition characterized by uncontrollable episodes of inappropriate laughing or crying that are disproportionate and discordant to the situation at hand. We report on a 16-year-old woman presenting with acute pathological laughter in the context of CNS demyelinating disease. Brain MRI scans fortuitously obtained before and after the onset of this symptom demonstrated acute gadolinium-enhancing lesions in the cerebral peduncles. The etiology of this condition remains theoretical; however, the results here provide further insights into the pathways of emotional control. (Copyright (c) 2005 Movement Disorder Society.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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