title: Cavernous angioma presenting with hemidystonia.
abstract: We present a 34-year-old woman with right hemidystonia. She had a cavernous angioma (CA) of left thalamo-mesencephalic junction, revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Her symptoms were moderately alleviated by biperiden 20 mg daily. We identified 11 patients reported in the literature to have movement disorders due to a cavernous angioma. None of them presented with hemidystonia. Some clinical properties of patients with CA associated with a movement disorder were evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Ankara University, Turkey. cenka@neuron.ato.org.tr
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Akbostanci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yiğit
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ulkatan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001712:Biperiden / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D001712:Biperiden