Pseudoakathisia from a acquired lesion.
Akathisia, "inability to remain seated", is a common condition in patients medicated with neuroleptics, and also occurs in other medication regimens. Only a few cases of akathisia resulting from focal lesions have been published. These cases suggest that differing lesion sites are sufficient for producing objective or subjective akathisia. The authors present a patient with akathisia who had no subjective complaints, suggesting that a combined basal ganglia and frontal lobe lesion may lead to objective akathisia (pseudoakathisia).
Daigneault
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Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants, Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
Braun
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Bouffard
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Villeneuve
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D000293:Adolescent; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000209:etiology*