MR findings of decerebrate rigidity with preservation of consciousness.
We describe a case of decerebrate rigidity, with preservation of consciousness, caused by a discrete pontine tegmentum lesion identified on MR imaging. Lesions within a certain brain stem region are responsible for decerebrate rigidity in animal studies, but there has been a lack of MR imaging evidence in humans. This report also implies that a discrete lesion was responsible for the decerebrate rigidity, while consciousness was preserved.
Kao
C-D
CD
Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Guo
W-Y
WY
Chen
J-T
JT
Wu
Z-A
ZA
Liao
K-K
KK