Unilateral asterixis in arm and leg caused by internal capsula stroke

We report an unusual clinical manifestation of ischemic stroke with acute right-sided asterixis affecting the arm as well as the leg due to a lesion in the left posterior limb of the internal capsula. After treatment with intravenous thrombolysis the patient made a good recovery. Notably, in this ca...

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Hauptverfasser: Feil, Katharina (VerfasserIn) , Huber, Marion (VerfasserIn) , Goldschagg, Nicolina (VerfasserIn) , Kellert, Lars (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 18 January 2018
In: Case reports in neurological medicine
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 2018, Pages: 1-3
ISSN:2090-6676
DOI:10.1155/2018/3946380
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crinm/2018/3946380/
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3946380
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Verfasserangaben:Katharina Feil, Marion Huber, Nicolina Goldschagg, and Lars Kellert
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Zusammenfassung:We report an unusual clinical manifestation of ischemic stroke with acute right-sided asterixis affecting the arm as well as the leg due to a lesion in the left posterior limb of the internal capsula. After treatment with intravenous thrombolysis the patient made a good recovery. Notably, in this case unilateral asterixis affected the arm as well as the leg, resulting in postural and gait instability. In addition, damage in the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical network, as in our patient, has to be distinguished from other supratentorial causes of acute asterixis like thalamic or frontal lobe lesions linked to the cerebello-brainstem-thalamo-frontal lobe circuits.
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ISSN:2090-6676
DOI:10.1155/2018/3946380