Micrographia secondary to lenticular lesions.
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.
Derkinderen
Pascal
P
Department of Neurology, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France.
Dupont
Sophie
S
Vidal
Jean-Sébastien
JS
Chedru
François
F
Vidailhet
Marie
M
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