Unilateral asterixis due to ipsilateral lesions in the pons and medulla.
Unilateral asterixis was ipsilateral to the brainstem lesions in 2 patients. The finding of unilateral asterixis has been consistently associated with structural neurological disease, but contrary to previous reports it is not a reliable localizing or lateralizing finding.
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Neurology Section, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, CA 92350.
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D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*