Dystonia syndrome as the onset of stroke

Abstract

There are two clinical cases. In the first case, the stroke began with a monosymptom — cervical dystonia. The second case had a more complex movement disorder with symptoms of dystonia. In the first clinical case, the patient was young. He had symptoms of involuntary movements in the neck. The course of the stroke was mild. It resulted in complete regression of the neurological defect. In the second case, the patient was elderly. If not given the right help it would have been fatal. In both cases, the focus of ischemia in the brain was verified by neuroimaging.Conclusion. An acutely developed syndrome of involuntary movements requires a mandatory CT scan of the brain, and in the absence of pathology on the CT scan, an MRI of the brain.