title: Abrupt onset of disturbed vigilance, bilateral third nerve palsy and masturbating behaviour: a rare presentation of stroke.
abstract: The clinical presentation of stroke usually includes sensory-motor impairment, cranial nerve palsies, or cognitive dysfunction. Disorders in behaviour are less frequently seen. The case of a patient with a very disturbing presentation, which included a disturbance in vigilance, bilateral third nerve palsy and masturbating behaviour, is presented. The topography of the lesions and its implications on the deficits observed are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, 37044 Tours Cedex, France. karl.mondon@med.univ-tours.fr
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mondon
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bonnaud
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debiais
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunault
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saudeau
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Toffol
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Autret
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008418:Masturbation; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology