title: Apraxia of eyelid opening after bilateral stereotaxic subthalamotomy.
abstract: The case of a patient with apraxia of eyelid opening and blepharospasm occurring during the course of idiopathic torsion dystonia and previously treated with stereotaxic subthalamotomy is presented. The anatomic basis of this lid movement disorder is suggested to be located in the rostral brain stem. There was a considerable amelioration after treatment with trihexyphenidyl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical University Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klostermann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vieregge
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kömpf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001767:Blinking; D004422:Dystonia Musculorum Deformans / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014282:Trihexyphenidyl / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D014282:Trihexyphenidyl