Akinetic mutism after right internal watershed infarction.
We describe a 72-year-old man who developed akinetic mutism following a cerebrovascular accident involving his right internal watershed area and responded well to dopaminergic agonists. We discuss this rare condition and the unusual unilateral location of the lesion.
Lim
Y C
YC
Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433.
Ding
C S L
CS
Kong
K H
KH
D000368:Aged; D000405:Akinetic Mutism / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male