Cerebral Infarction Producing Sudden Isolated Foot Drop.
- Author:
Bon D KU
1
;
Eun Ja LEE
;
Hyeyun KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Foot drop; Cortical infarction
- MeSH: Central Nervous System; Cerebral Infarction*; Foot*; Humans; Infarction; Motor Neurons; Muscles; Neural Pathways; Peroneal Nerve
- From:Journal of Clinical Neurology 2007;3(1):67-69
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Foot drop usually results from lesions affecting the peripheral neural pathway related to dorsiflexor muscles, especially the peroneal nerve. Although a central nervous system lesion is suspected when there is a lack of clinical evidence for a lower motor neuron lesion, such cases are extremely rare. We describe a patient with sudden isolated foot drop caused by a small acute cortical infarction in the high convexity of the precentral gyrus. This report indicates that a cortical infarction may have to be considered as a potential cause of foot drop.
