Rest tremor and extrapyramidal symptoms after midbrain haemorrhage: clinical and 18F-dopa PET evaluation

Autor: Philippe Remy, Gilles-Louis Defer, Yves Samson, Frédéric Ricolfi, Jean-Denis Degos, D Malapert
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 57:987-989
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.57.8.987
Popis: A 25 year old man had an acute subarachnoid haemorrhage due to the rupture of a right peduncular subthalamic arteriovenous malformation. Seven months later he developed a left rest tremor associated with mild bilateral extrapyramidal symptoms and responsive to levodopa treatment. Surface EMG recording showed synchronous activity of agonist and antagonist muscles in the left limbs. A PET 18F-dopa study showed a large decrease of the Ki value in the right striatum. One year after the stroke a persistent postural component developed in the tremor.
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