[Pseudoathetosis after medullar and pontine hemorrhage]

Rev Neurol. 2002 Jan;34(1):89-90.
[Article in Spanish]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Athetosis / etiology*
  • Brain Stem / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / complications*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Somatosensory Disorders / etiology*