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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Department of Neurology, Trakya University Medical School, Edirne, Turkey.
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D000328:Adult; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography