Bilateral Periodic Limb Movement Disorder Developed after Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction.
- Author:
Sang Joon AN
1
;
Hyeyun KIM
;
Hyun Jeong HAN
;
Jong Ho PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. neurocraft@kd.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Periodic limb movement;
Cerebral infarction;
Pyramidal tract
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Anterior Cerebral Artery;
Cerebral Infarction;
Extremities;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction;
Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery;
Motor Cortex;
Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome;
Pons;
Pyramidal Tracts
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2011;29(4):326-328
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Previous reports on the lesions causing stroke-related periodic limb movement in sleep (PLMS) have involved subcortical structures such as the basal ganglia/corona radiata or pons. We report a case of an 81-year-old female patient who presented with bilateral, right-side-predominant PLMS that developed after a left cortical infarction. The right-side PLMS may be attributable to the loss of cortical inhibition following a pyramidal tract lesion, while the left-side PLMS may be caused by activation of the contralateral motor cortex due to dysfunction of interhemispheric inhibition.
