Ocular Motor Apraxia after Sequential Bilateral Striatal Infarctions.
- Author:
Pil Wook CHUNG
1
;
Heui Soo MOON
;
Hwa Suk SONG
;
Yong Bum KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Ocular motor apraxia; MRI; Basal ganglia
- MeSH: Apraxias*; Basal Ganglia; Humans; Infarction*; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pursuit, Smooth; Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular; Saccades
- From:Journal of Clinical Neurology 2006;2(2):134-136
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Ocular motor apraxia has been reported in bilateral frontoparietal lesions. We report a case of ocular motor apraxia after bilateral striatal infarctions. The patient had impaired voluntary saccades and smooth pursuits in the vertical and horizontal planes with an intact vestibulo-ocular reflex. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an old left putaminal infarction and an acute infarction in the right caudoputaminal area. This case demonstrates that ocular motor apraxia may occur in bilateral basal ganglia lesions.
