title: Hemidystonia as presenting symptom of an optic glioma.
abstract: The first case is presented of an exophytic chiasmatic-hypothalamic glioma causing progressive hemidystonia in an 8-year-old boy, and all 24 reported cases of intraaxial cerebral tumours resulting in symptomatic hemidystonia are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Vandertop
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Witkamp
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000601:surgery; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation