Bizarre posture and movement disorder with third ventricle astrocytoma.
An eight-year-old girl presented with a bizarre posture and gait and was diagnosed as having hysterical astasia-abasia. She walked with marked lordosis and head hyper-extended, and would walk backwards across the room to a bed or chair for support. She had a midline astrocytoma and the disorder was relieved with removal of the tumour. The unusual symptomatology accompanying many midline lesions is re-emphasized.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D008141:Lordosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome