Focal Dystonia and Lacunar Infarction of the Basal Ganglia

Painful tonic spasms caused by putaminal infarction.

“…12 Chronic dystonic posturing of the hand described as "slow, sustained and twisting" was associated with a contralateral "lenticular" infarct. 13 None of these movements however, were paroxysmal or painful, and they responded to haloperidol.…”

Painful tonic spasms caused by putaminal infarction.

“…12 Chronic dystonic posturing of the hand described as "slow, sustained and twisting" was associated with a contralateral "lenticular" infarct. 13 None of these movements however, were paroxysmal or painful, and they responded to haloperidol.…”

Bilateral Limb Dystonia due to Chronic Subdural Hematoma

“…Apart from vascular processes [2][3][4], tumors [5][6][7], encephalitis [8], intoxications [9], side effects of drugs [10,11], and brain trauma [12][13][14] could be demonstrated. To our knowledge chronic subdural hematoma has not been reported so far.…”

Dyskinesia of vascular origin. Clinical data and response to therapy in 7 cases

“…This may be because of the additional involvement of the internal capsule and the consequent paresis that marks the movement disorder until the paralysis has cleared; a lesion affecting the globus pallidus may also transiently abolish involuntary movements [6]. Various anatomo-pathological studies of these patients have found clinico-anatomical correlations [4,10,13,15,16,17] and have described an association between hemichorea and lesions of the caudatus and the putamen; hemiballism mainly with involvement of the subthalamic nucleus of Luys, and less frequently with lesions of the caudate nucleus, putamen or part of the thalamus [1,2,3,4,19]; and hemidystonia with alterations of the striothalamo-cortical pathway; although this correlation is not always evident and the disturbances may appear alone or in various combinations. Various anatomo-pathological studies of these patients have found clinico-anatomical correlations [4,10,13,15,16,17] and have described an association between hemichorea and lesions of the caudatus and the putamen; hemiballism mainly with involvement of the subthalamic nucleus of Luys, and less frequently with lesions of the caudate nucleus, putamen or part of the thalamus [1,2,3,4,19]; and hemidystonia with alterations of the striothalamo-cortical pathway; although this correlation is not always evident and the disturbances may appear alone or in various combinations.…”

Painful tonic spasms caused by putaminal infarction.

“…12 Chronic dystonic posturing of the hand described as "slow, sustained and twisting" was associated with a contralateral "lenticular" infarct. 13 None of these movements however, were paroxysmal or painful, and they responded to haloperidol.…”

Bilateral Limb Dystonia due to Chronic Subdural Hematoma

“…Apart from vascular processes [2][3][4], tumors [5][6][7], encephalitis [8], intoxications [9], side effects of drugs [10,11], and brain trauma [12][13][14] could be demonstrated. To our knowledge chronic subdural hematoma has not been reported so far.…”

Dyskinesia of vascular origin. Clinical data and response to therapy in 7 cases

“…This may be because of the additional involvement of the internal capsule and the consequent paresis that marks the movement disorder until the paralysis has cleared; a lesion affecting the globus pallidus may also transiently abolish involuntary movements [6]. Various anatomo-pathological studies of these patients have found clinico-anatomical correlations [4,10,13,15,16,17] and have described an association between hemichorea and lesions of the caudatus and the putamen; hemiballism mainly with involvement of the subthalamic nucleus of Luys, and less frequently with lesions of the caudate nucleus, putamen or part of the thalamus [1,2,3,4,19]; and hemidystonia with alterations of the striothalamo-cortical pathway; although this correlation is not always evident and the disturbances may appear alone or in various combinations. Various anatomo-pathological studies of these patients have found clinico-anatomical correlations [4,10,13,15,16,17] and have described an association between hemichorea and lesions of the caudatus and the putamen; hemiballism mainly with involvement of the subthalamic nucleus of Luys, and less frequently with lesions of the caudate nucleus, putamen or part of the thalamus [1,2,3,4,19]; and hemidystonia with alterations of the striothalamo-cortical pathway; although this correlation is not always evident and the disturbances may appear alone or in various combinations.…”

Painful tonic spasms caused by putaminal infarction.

“…12 Chronic dystonic posturing of the hand described as "slow, sustained and twisting" was associated with a contralateral "lenticular" infarct. 13 None of these movements however, were paroxysmal or painful, and they responded to haloperidol.…”

Bilateral Limb Dystonia due to Chronic Subdural Hematoma

“…Apart from vascular processes [2][3][4], tumors [5][6][7], encephalitis [8], intoxications [9], side effects of drugs [10,11], and brain trauma [12][13][14] could be demonstrated. To our knowledge chronic subdural hematoma has not been reported so far.…”

Dyskinesia of vascular origin. Clinical data and response to therapy in 7 cases

“…This may be because of the additional involvement of the internal capsule and the consequent paresis that marks the movement disorder until the paralysis has cleared; a lesion affecting the globus pallidus may also transiently abolish involuntary movements [6]. Various anatomo-pathological studies of these patients have found clinico-anatomical correlations [4,10,13,15,16,17] and have described an association between hemichorea and lesions of the caudatus and the putamen; hemiballism mainly with involvement of the subthalamic nucleus of Luys, and less frequently with lesions of the caudate nucleus, putamen or part of the thalamus [1,2,3,4,19]; and hemidystonia with alterations of the striothalamo-cortical pathway; although this correlation is not always evident and the disturbances may appear alone or in various combinations. Various anatomo-pathological studies of these patients have found clinico-anatomical correlations [4,10,13,15,16,17] and have described an association between hemichorea and lesions of the caudatus and the putamen; hemiballism mainly with involvement of the subthalamic nucleus of Luys, and less frequently with lesions of the caudate nucleus, putamen or part of the thalamus [1,2,3,4,19]; and hemidystonia with alterations of the striothalamo-cortical pathway; although this correlation is not always evident and the disturbances may appear alone or in various combinations.…”