Capsular ataxic tetraparesis

A 42-year-old man with ataxic tetraparesis is reported. Computerized tomography showed bilateral and symmetrical lacunar infarcts at the junctions of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the corona radiata. Previously this clinical syndrome had been reported only with a lesion in the pons.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 1991, Vol.93 (4), p.327-328
Hauptverfasser:	Utku, U., Kars, H.Z., Mengü, Ö.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult ataxia Biological and medical sciences Cerebellar Ataxia - diagnostic imaging Cerebral Infarction - diagnostic imaging Dominance, Cerebral - physiology Humans Male Medical sciences Neurologic Examination Neurology paresis Pons - blood supply quadriparesis Quadriplegia - diagnostic imaging Radiography Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	A 42-year-old man with ataxic tetraparesis is reported. Computerized tomography showed bilateral and symmetrical lacunar infarcts at the junctions of the posterior limb of the internal capsule and the corona radiata. Previously this clinical syndrome had been reported only with a lesion in the pons.
ISSN:	0303-8467 1872-6968
DOI:	10.1016/0303-8467(91)90100-4