Action hand dystonia after cortical parietal infarction.
A 46-year-old patient with a pure left cortical infarct affecting mainly the gyrus postcentralis developed action dystonia in the right hand. Mechanisms involved in the genesis of focal secondary dystonia are discussed with emphasis on abnormal cortical sensory processing.
Burguera
J A
JA
Neurology Service, Hospital Universitari La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Bataller
L
L
Valero
C
C
D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon