Akinetic mutism after right internal watershed infarction

We describe a 72-year-old man who developed akinetic mutism following a cerebrovascular accident involving his right internal watershed area and responded well to dopaminergic agonists. We discuss this rare condition and the unusual unilateral location of the lesion.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Singapore medical journal 2007-05, Vol.48 (5), p.466-468
Hauptverfasser:	LIM, Y. C, DING, C. S. L, KONG, K. H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Akinetic Mutism - etiology Biological and medical sciences Brain - pathology Cerebral Infarction - complications Cerebral Infarction - diagnosis Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes General aspects Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe a 72-year-old man who developed akinetic mutism following a cerebrovascular accident involving his right internal watershed area and responded well to dopaminergic agonists. We discuss this rare condition and the unusual unilateral location of the lesion.
ISSN:	0037-5675