Korean Journal of Stroke  2012;14(1):46-48

A Case of Hemichorea with Primary Somatosensory Cortical Infarction.

Youn Ho KIM 1 ; Youngrok DO ; Jin Kuk DO ; Dong Kuck LEE

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Keywords

Chorea; Somatosensory cortex; Cerebral infarction

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Hemichorea is caused by various diseases but stroke is the most common cause. The usual lesions of the stroke related hemichorea are the contralateral subthalamus or basal ganglia. Few cases with cortical lesion have been reported. But hemichorea with primary somatosensory cortical lesion has not yet been reported. We report a case with hemichorea after acute infarction of the contralateral primary somatosensory cortex.