Adult onset simple phonic tic after caudate stroke.
We describe a case of adult onset simple phonic tic after subcortical stroke involving left caudate nucleus. In the acute phase of stroke the patient presented a mild right clumsiness with complete recovery one week after onset. Within 3 weeks after stroke the patient noticed the gradual onset of involuntary simple phonic tic consisting of an "a" sound which persists. The patient did not present motor tics or the typical Tourette syndrome co-morbidities, such as attention deficit or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Gomis
Meritxell
M
Servei de Neurologia, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, Barcelona, Spain. 92571@imas.imim.es
Puente
Victor
V
Pont-Sunyer
Claustre
C
Oliveras
Carlos
C
Roquer
Jaune
J
D000368:Aged; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon