[Cerebellar hemorrhage and unilateral asterixis].
A hypertensive woman presented with asterixis ipsilateral to a cerebellar hemorrhage. Asterixis has not previously been described in association with a cerebellar lesion. The presence of asterixis in this patient may have been due to a reduction of afferent information through the loss of the dentato-thalamo-cortical input. Unilateral asterixis denotes a dysfunction of the mechanism underlying sustained muscular contraction and not a precise cerebral localisation.
Pullicino
P
P
Service de Médecine, Hôpital St-Luc et Université de Malte.
Xuereb
M
M
Farrugia
B
B
D000368:Aged; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
Hémorragie cérébelleuse et astérixis unilatéral.