Progressive "vascular" corticobasal syndrome due to bilateral ischemic hemispheric lesions

Intern Med. 2009;48(18):1699-702. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2415. Epub 2009 Sep 15.

Abstract

We report a patient that presented with the corticobasal syndrome (CBS), including progressive dementia, asymmetric parkinsonism associated with constructional and ideomotor apraxia, action myoclonus and focal hand dystonia. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed extensive ischemic lesions in both fronto-temporo-parieto-occipital lobes and steno-occlusion of the middle cerebral arteries, bilaterally. This case illustrates that extensive cortical vascular-ischemic lesions may present with symptoms mimicking the corticobasal syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Apraxia, Ideomotor / etiology
  • Basal Ganglia / pathology*
  • Brain Ischemia / complications
  • Brain Ischemia / pathology*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology*
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Dementia / etiology
  • Dystonia / etiology
  • Gait Disorders, Neurologic / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
  • Myoclonus / etiology
  • Syndrome