title: Micrographia secondary to lenticular lesions.
abstract: Four patients with a stroke developed micrographia. In two patients, the condition was pure and in the two other patients it was associated with signs of writer's cramp. We conclude that infarct of the left lenticular nucleus could either mimic pure micrographia similar to that of Parkinson's disease or micrographia associated with dystonia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Derkinderen
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: Jean-Sébastien
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chedru
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidailhet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020144:Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination