[Dystonia caused by putamino-capsulo-caudate infarction in a child].
Three cases of stroke in childhood are reported. In the 3 cases, an infarct involved the territory of the striato-lenticular arteries. Clinically, there was a pure motor hemiplegia and a dystonia which appeared while the hemiplegia was disappearing. The dystonic syndrome due to stroke appears only if an ischaemic lesion involves the putaminal-capsular-caudate territory, and more often in childhood.
Service de Neurologie, C.H.U. Dijon.
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Giroud
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Dumas
D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011699:Putamen / Q000098:blood supply*
Dystonie secondaire à un infarctus putamino-capsulo-caudé chez l'enfant.