[Pseudoathetosis after medullar and pontine hemorrhage].
BACKGROUND
Athetosis is a slow and purposeless involuntary movement which changes in frequency, severity. The term pseudoathetosis is used when this movement is associated with proprioceptive sensory impairment.


METHODS
A 63 year old man developed right medulla and pons hemorrhage and presented loss of proprioception in left hemibody and athetosis movements in left hand.


CONCLUSIONS
We report a case of pseudoathetosis associated with loss of proprioceptive sensation.
Torres
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L
Unidad de Movimientos Involuntarios; Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas Oscar Trelles Montes, Lima, 01, Perú. torresl@terra.com.pe
Cosentino
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C
Suárez
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R
D001264:Athetosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*