Two Cases of Chorea Caused by Caudate Infarct.
- Author:
Sung Soo LEE
1
;
Won Tsen KIM
;
Il Saing CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Brain;
Caudate Nucleus;
Chorea*;
Humans;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1986;4(2):260-262
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In the 2 patients with hemichorea brain CT scan reveals hypodensity on the contralateral caudate nucleus and the region near contralateral caudate nucleus. The pathoanatomy of similar cases in literature are reviewed with the reference to the location of responsible lesions.
