Disappearance of essential tremor after small thalamic hemorrhage.
Stereotactic thalamotomy has been reported to be effective in the control of various tremors, including essential tremor. We report a 69-year-old female who experienced spontaneous thalamotomy with a small thalamic hemorrhage, resulting in disappearance of essential tremor on the contralateral side to the hematoma, which involved the nucleus ventralis intermedius (Vim) of the thalamus and a portion of the posterior limb of the internal capsule.
Im
J H
JH
Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Kim
J S
JS
Lee
M C
MC
D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014202:Tremor / Q000150:complications*