Title
Pseudoathetosis after medullar and pontine hemorrhage
Other title
Pseudoatetosis por hemorragia bulboprotuberancial
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Revista de Neurologia
Abstract
Introduction. Athetosis is a slow and purposeless involuntary movement which changes in frequency, severity. The term pseudoathetosis is used when this movement is associated with proprioceptive sensory impairment. Clinical case. A 63 year old man developed right medulla and pons hemorrhage and presented loss of proprioception in left hemibody and athetosis movements in left hand. Conclusion. We report a case of pseudoathetosis associated with loss of proprioceptive sensation.
Start page
89
End page
90
Volume
34
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Patología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036024064
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de Neurologia
ISSN of the container
02100010
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus