Hemidystonia due to a contralateral parieto-occipital metastasis: disappearance after removal of the mass lesion.
A patient presented with left-sided hemidystonia. CT revealed a contralateral parieto-occipital mass lesion compressing the basal ganglia, which were spared by the mass. After microsurgical resection of the tumor, which was verified histologically as a metastasis of a large-cell anaplastic carcinoma, the movement disorder dissolved completely.
Krauss
J K
JK
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Mohadjer
M
M
Nobbe
F
F
Scheremet
R
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004421:Dystonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe; D010296:Parietal Lobe; D011859:Radiography