Micrographia due to focal cerebral lesions as seen in the dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome.
Five patients with dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome developed micrographia. Four had lacunar infarctions involving the putamen or the genu of the internal capsule; the fifth patient had a small hemorrhage in the putamen. Micrographia may be a sign of focal cerebral disease, and basal ganglia dysfunction may be involved in the supratentorial dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome.
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Department of Neurology, Kyushu-Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
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D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills; D013577:Syndrome