HEMIDYSTONIA DUE TO PORENCEPHALIC CYST - A CASE-REPORT

SAYGI S., OZTEKIN N., SARIBAS O., ERYILMAZ M., ZILELI T.

CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, vol.93, no.3, pp.231-232, 1991 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 93 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1991
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0303-8467(05)80009-5
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.231-232
  • Keywords: PORENCEPHALY, CAUDATE NUCLEUS, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, DYSTONIA, HEMIDYSTONIA, DYSTONIA
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We present a 28-year old patient with left hemidystonia since early childhood after head trauma. This is the first report of a patient who had hemidystonia due to CT proven porencephalic cyst involving the caudate nucleus.