Transient traumatic "locked-in" syndrome.
The first clinical case of transient traumatic locked-in syndrome is presented. The locked-in state lasted for 3 months. The patient's neurologic deficit and the abnormal auditory evoked responses pointed to a lesion involving the left pons and ventral midbrain. The locked-in syndrome caused by a traumatic damage of the brain stem structures can be transient and thus it may have a better prognosis than the locked-in syndrome secondary to the occlusion of the basilar artery.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000405:Akinetic Mutism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001488:Basilar Artery; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000293:injuries; D003243:Consciousness; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors