Pseudochoreoathetosis in a Patient With Hypesthetic Ataxic Hemiparesis due to Thalamic Infarction.
- Author:
Hyeyun KIM
1
;
Jong Ho PARK
;
Hyun Jeong HAN
;
Sang Bok LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gyeonggi, Korea. neurocraft@kd.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ventrolateral nucleus;
Proprioception;
Pseudochoreoathetosis
- MeSH:
Aged;
Arteries;
Brain Stem;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction;
Paresis;
Parietal Lobe;
Proprioception;
Spinal Cord;
Thalamus
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2008;26(2):133-135
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pseudochoreoathetosis can be found in association with lesions in the parietal lobe, thalamus (ventrolateral nucleus), brainstem or spinal cord due to severe proprioceptive deficits. We report right pseudochoreoathetosis in a 72-year-old woman with hypesthetic (>50%) ataxic hemiparesis due to contralateral thalamogeniculate artery territory infarction involving the ventrolateral nucleus lesion. In our patient, proprioceptive deafferentiation may have played a key role in inducing pseudochoreoathetotic movements.
